Clouds-that-look-like-things Volume IV
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Ah! A couple of additional postings slipped into Volume III without notice — and the party that was started there must continue here. It’s an open invitation to all who wish to attend! A few more guests have arrived…
Making An AppearanceAnd one who didn’t quite…
Just Missed His Uber Ride on a Witch’s BroomAnd one about to enjoy…
A Tiny Moon Hors ‘oeuvre -
That moon chip could be chased down with a fine microbrew flavored with a few traditional ingredients (e.g., Eye of Newt) gathered only by young witch apprentices in shade-dappled forests on nights of the full moon. Cheers & Happy Halloween to all!
ApprenticePS: Don’t miss Michael’s beautiful ‘Happy Halloween’ photo in the Sunrise/Sunset topic folder and Hans’s foreboding storm cloud featured today on the CAS Gallery.
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Thank you Keelin. I love your Apprentice and the story as well. You created a great start of Volume IV. Making An Appearance shows a beautiful scenery and A Tiny Moon Hors d’oeuvre presents a scary hungry monster. He seems to be much more scarying than the friendly looking Apprentice (but that can be misleading after all and turn out even more scarying?).
Oops, Just Missed Halloween
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Danke je, Hans. There’s something tenderly amusing in the slightly dismayed looked of the wee character who Just Missed Halloween. But no worries. There will doubtless be another gathering next year, so plenty of time to come up with cloud-woven costumes.
Meanwhile, perhaps we can just drift along with a celestial version of Alaria esculenta, also known as dabberlocks, or quite simply…
Winged Kelp -
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Thanks, Ruth, and same compliment to you on that pretty, pastel sunset shot over the river.
Could The State Of Florida be the start of a 50-cloud collection? For awhile now, I’ve been slowly gathering letterforms and symbols. Not quite halfway with the letters and only eight symbols, so still a bit to go.
Meanwhile, how old do you suppose these sky scratches might be?
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Keelin, I am thinking a game of chess on your Ancient Engravings or Russian stacking dolls. Just a note on how wonderful it is to have a photo posted on the gallery. I send pictures in weekly for review. Love it when a photo is accepted. Always makes me want to go out on cloud safari. I have my favorite spots where the view is more open. I also like the time alone to wait out cloud activity. Needing a get away soon myself.
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Thanks, Gregory! And who’s to say that’s not an Arrowfish? When it comes to clouds, the untethered mind is well encouraged here, as evidenced by all those who enjoy posting to this fanciful topic.
Below, the photo has been color-inverted to bring the ‘Night’s Merry Wanderer’ more visibly out to play. That said, it is still all cloud, no mischief, just pure merriment.
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Keelin, sorry no cloud-thing from me available yet but I must say your Shakespeare’s Puck is fantastic. It is like made with charcoal and just as the Night’s Merry Wanderer must look like.
Transformation in Process is marvelous and the story is reassuring for poor Tinker Bell and for me as well. Love it.
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Thank you, Hans! You just never know who is up there until you look up there! Be that as it may, I’m not sure about the photo below. Looks to me like it could be either Einstein (who has dropped his chalk in a moment of brilliant insight) or Beethoven (whose baton has slipped his grip). Only a moment or two later, as is the way of clouds, either/or became neither/nor. Perhaps they are both on their way across the pond?
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Your fish made me laugh Keelin. I made it through 2 times of saying that phrase before getting my tongue-tied. Ruth, I love your piggy with sunglasses, he seems to still need his glasses even though the sun seems it’s close to setting.
This is a picture that brings me great excitement, I believe this is my first horseshoe vortex cloud capture! I got up extra early to watch these clouds and I’m so happy I did.
A Lucky Morning to Go Cloud Spotting
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You did much better than I with that little tongue twister, Gregory. And lucky, indeed, to catch that horseshoe the clouds tossed you way. Worth an early rise!
And Ruth, when I saw the title of your photo in the posting notification email, I had to smile knowing you would treat us again to something fun. Definitely one cool pig!
A different kind of cool below…
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Thanks, Ruth! Yes, it was a fun surprise to see such a bright display right over a neighbor’s roof. Just goes to show you never know what’s there until you glance up—from a Junk Yard Dog to this fellow below. His startled look gives me the feeling he’s just realized the source of that feather in his cap.
The Problem With Plucked Plumage -
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Men In A Canoe is a great, adventurous scene, Ruth. It is surely a fine way to traverse the skies.
Below, it appears a robot has extended its eyes for a close encounter with an alien beauty. A ghostly, horned figure stands by. A chaperone perhaps?
All The Better To See You With, My Dear -
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Dreaming Of The Midnight Sun is fantastic Keelin. A sleeping arctic fox with one ear on a colorful pillow. Also a great corona btw and I loved to see it also on the gallery.
Soccer anyone is very funny and I’d love to play soccer Ruth. But for some reason my pareidolic eye has abandoned me for a while. I will come back to play when the clouds will unveil new thingy’s to me.
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Ah, thank you Hans and Ruth! I should like to have that fox’s dream.
Hans: While Ruth and I are having great fun on this topic, I hope it’s not long before your parabolic vision returns so you can join us again. I very much miss your playful postings here. May new cloud ‘thingys’ find their way to your eye sooner than soon.
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I feel like one of your lovely Cloud Cloudspotters Keelin. Watching out for thingy’s to appear in the clouds. I had a good laugh about it!. Great to start the day with.
And is it an unwanted intervention of the spelling check that wanted to give me back my parabolic vision? I promise that sure will help and I hope to be back here soon. I keep my head in the sky.
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Ah, that spell that spellcheck casts upon us is such a bit of mischief, Hans! But it does, at least sometimes, give us a good laugh.
And here’s another bit of mischief… Could it be a right peg-legged, foxy character (missing a left peg)? He may be displaying an empty, turned-out pocket, but he’s probably got something up his sleeve, hidden behind his back, of course. The sly fellow!
Foxy Fellow
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Indeed, Ruth, it is as Hans has said. There’s as much room here for all cloud creatures as there is in the sky. Your lovely rat is most welcome. As is your Flying Girl with Long Hair — and it looks like she flew right into today’s Gallery line up as well. Congratulations on catching her mid-flight.
Hans, there was no doubt in my mind you’d recognize our old buddy Billy G even though it’s been awhile. And I hope that beauty that Oops Swam Away returns as well.
As for what Billy’s might be chewing on, I don’t think it’s what the character below appears to be making such a face about.
Not A Fan Of Dried Parsley
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Looks like someone’s heard the welcoming song of your Big White Friendly Whale, Ruth—and he’s bringing along a Nudibranch to join the pod party (and maybe sing some harmony?).
The Whale And The NudibranchPS: Loved seeing your Montana sunrise over the river on the Gallery! What a beautiful start to the day.
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Ruth, I love your Flying Girl With Long Hair. It has a good place on the gallery.
What a procession of different creatures I find above. Not A Fan Of Dried Parsley made me laugh Keelin and the Elegant Emu seems to wonder where he got into. Some strange thread with whales and nudibanches? Did it get just one drink too much?
In An Octopus’s Garden?
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Ah, I meant to also comment on two other posts above…
It’s obvious the clouds love you, Ruth. Those Eyebrows and Big Lips don’t lie!
And Hans, I love your Octopus’s Garden! Who wouldn’t want to live there? In the photo below, I pushed the contrast a bit to catch the fish swimming in for a visit (on left partly hidden by seaweeds).
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Ruth, when I was having the recent difficulty with posting, Gavin responded and explained that sometimes the spam filter is to blame. I soon discovered that this was, indeed, the snag. The comment I’d been trying to post included a couple of words that might be frequently found in an advertisement. Rewording solved the problem! Maybe this is the same issue you’ve bumped into? And yes, we’ve certainly been having a lot of fun with this topic. :) I am always looking forward to your amusing finds and very clever titles.
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Glad to see you’re able to post again, Ruth! Funny how I only saw one mouse at first facing off with your One Mean Cat. Yet this morning, there was a second mouse jumping away in pure fright/flight!
Here’s a feathered friend who appears safe for the time being.
Out Of Reach -
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Love your Owl, Ruth! Looks like the wise, snowy kind which brings cool thoughts to mind. ’Tis hot here too (in Napa, CA), but not as toasty as further north. Be that as it may, would you care to join me for some Iced T? Below are two sips from a series still in process of collection. So far, I’ve only captured 11 of 26 letters for an English alphabet.
Iced Ts
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Love your wonderful sea creatures, Richard! Indeed, there is a lot for our imaginations to play with up there, sometimes even in the spaces in between the clouds.
I’m not sure what to make of this one below. Focusing on the negative space, my first thought was: Oh no, not another vacuum attachment! (There’s a photo of what looks like a duster brush attachment posted almost exactly year ago.) But then it turned into a conical, dark hat worn by a blue-eyed goat. Could it be our friend Billy, Hans? Looking a little coy there.
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Thanks, Ruth! Hope the skies soon clear for you there. The extreme heat makes everyone so nervous these days. I’m with you (and Wanda!) wishing to jump into something cooler.
Richard, I can see a dragon forming in your Smoke Signals. Is someone dreaming him up?
Pileus Dreams(the B&W image above is color reversed from the original)
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Making An Appearance
Just Missed His Uber Ride on a Witch’s Broom
A Tiny Moon Hors ‘oeuvre
Apprentice
Winged Kelp
Three Little Pigs
Smurf In The Suds
The State Of Florida
Ancient Engravings
The Dodo of Mauritius
Deer On The Move
Little Duck, Big Pond
Have A Heart
A Wink & A Smile
China Doll
Shakespeare’s Puck![IMG_8445_Transformation In Process [Tinker Bell Morphing Into A Mermaid]](https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/hm_bbpui/455821/ogzesa2d8jz0qk3ukxtwo55q5e5fbj2k.jpg)
Transformation In Process
Zorro No Tonto
Fresh Flashy Fish <—[just for fun, try saying that three times]
A Pig With Sunglasses
Polar Bear Cub
Junk Yard Dog
The Problem With Plucked Plumage
Unicorn
Time For A New Toothbrush?
Little Leafy Sea Dragon
Boris The Spider
A Feather In Your Cap
Ms. Peacock’s Pleasure
Men In A Canoe
All The Better To See You With, My Dear
Wizard’s Watch
Dog Reaching For A Paw Hand Shake
Let’s Shake!
Forsooth, The Tooth!
Dreaming Of The Midnight Sun
Cloud Cloudspotters Waiting For Something To Take Shape
Could It Be?
The Whale And The Nudibranch
Water Elephant
Elegant Emu
Are You Talking To Me?
A Visitor To The Octopus’s Garden
Do You Have Something In A Size 6 Horseshoe?
Hope to see you soon!
![IMG_9796_Out Of Reach [Bird on a Wire]](https://cloudappreciationsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/hm_bbpui/486218/6t8rd9bxbz31ok1d4n4lmovggbhij3us.jpg)
Out Of Reach
In another moment, he was gone!
Sky Wanderer
Delish Dish For A Fish
Devilly Delicious
Waiting For The perfect Wave
Nessie On A Foggy Morn
Open Wide!
…Or A Blue-Eyed Billy?
Pileus Dreams
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