On Cloud Patrol #21

Well, what do you know?  I went outside the other day and found a sky full of clouds and immediately ran inside for my camera!  The funny thing was – everything I “saw” involved heads and faces.  There were no bodies, no interesting scenes, but perhaps those will come with warmer weather.  I’ve decided to [...]

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The Mole MUST Die!

Last week we were blessed with at least two days in the seventies.  At long last the heaps and heaps of snow that surrounded us finally started melting away.  And when it was gone, I looked at the area of lawn right in front of my front porch and saw this: Well, actually, this is [...]

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On Cloud Patrol #20

Despite how cold it’s getting, your faithful Cloud Patrol has been out scanning the skies, ready to capture any promising formations and I’ve managed to come up with several. This first, however, is compliments of my friend, Dee, who took this at Grand Lake in Colorado.  What caught her attention was the fact that it [...]

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Meet My Moon

I have friends ( who shall remain nameless,) who think I’m a little crazy to get up at 4:15 a.m. every day.  But, first of all, I can’t help waking up at that time.  That’s how my body clock is set.  And second of all, I wouldn’t change it if I could.  Early morning is [...]

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On Cloud Patrol #19

Gee whiz, when I first started going on cloud patrol and collecting clouds, I never dreamed I’d have nineteen collections already!  But, come to think of it, my cloud warehouse is starting to fill up.  I’ll have to think about sending some of them to Area 51 or Warehouse 13.  But that’s a problem for [...]

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On Cloud Patrol #18

I went on Cloud Patrol yesterday, after not having had any luck for a while, and was happy to see a few things finally shaping up there in the sky.  This certainly is not my best selection, but it will get us all back into practice again. I’ll start with a simple, easy one.  Coming [...]

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Hanging With Rodney

Since the weather has finally cooled down, I have been spending as much time as possible outside, just drinking it up.  And it isn’t unusual for me to step out on my balcony for small periods of time all throughout the day, just to monitor what’s going on in nature.  So, a day or so [...]

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Observations of a Morning

(Note:  This post was written in advance last week.  The humidity has since returned.) As I write this, I’m sitting out on my balcony at 9:15 a.m.  It is 69 delicious degrees out.  I would be sitting in my lounger, but the sun has chosen to glare down at that corner for the moment so [...]

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On Cloud Patrol #17

As hot and humid as it has been out my way lately, I really have to admire the clouds who are brave enough to venture out and hang around for an hour or two in the sizzling sky.  Speaking for myself, thirty minutes breathing that hot, disgusting heavy air is enough!  Fortunately, I was able [...]

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Dear Mother Nature

Dear Mother Nature, Seriously?  I mean, seriously?  Do you realize how freakin’ HOT it is?  The forecast for my area of the Midwest shows temperatures in the mid-nineties for the next two weeks! Is that your idea of a joke? Yeah, yeah, I know it’s summer.  I know it’s July.  But come on!  There’s hot [...]

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