Thursday, December 17, 2009

Skywatch - Cloud

“A pessimist only sees the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides and shrugs; an optimist doesn't see the clouds at all--he's walking on them.” ~Leonard L. Levinson
"Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute." ~Gil Stern
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves." ~Bill Vaughan

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37 comments:

  1. I love this picture, Diane! It's so unique and very artistic!

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  2. Beautiful fluffy cloud and I love the quotes!!!

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  3. what a fun picture! it looks like the grass is holding that cloud up, love it, very nice photo!

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  4. Beautiful! I like the sun rays coming from behind the cloud.

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  5. Wow, such a gorgeous fluffy cloud. Love the composition too.

    My entry

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  6. Fantastic composition, the cloud looks so much like white fluffy cotton candy!

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  7. Excellent shot, with the sun highlighting the whole cloud.

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  8. Heavenly shot Diane, and I love the words that go with it.

    All the best :)
    Guy
    Regina In Pictures

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  9. Fantastic shot, Diane! Beautiful composition! Marvelous cloud with light and dark -- moody looking! And the darkened plants! That and perfect words!

    Have a great weekend!

    Sylvia

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  10. Neat, neat cloud, Diane.... Interesting quotes too... Sounds like we need to have that balance in our lives between optimism and pessimism.. That gets back to my problem of being a 'fence sitter'..... In our country, that sometimes becomes apathy... AND--that is worse than optimism AND pessimism...

    Hugs,
    Betsy

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  11. What wonderful quotes to accompany your unique sky photo this week! I'm sharing my beach sunset views at Sacred Ruminations this week ;-)
    Hugs and blessings,

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  12. I enjoyed your opposing viewpoints and am trying to figure out how I should view the picture - I think optimistic - looks kind of like cotton candy.

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  13. Beautiful shot of the blue sky. It looks like pure white cotton ball in the sky.

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  14. The cloud looks like a white flower in the air with those plants below holding it... pretty pic :-D

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  15. LOL!! Those are all good ones Diane. I belive in covering both sides of the fence just to make sure I am always right. :)

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  16. Haha, great quotes and a very pretty cloud.

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  17. Awesome photo and I love the quotes. I would like to walk on the clouds.

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  18. What a wonderful blue sky...that cloud appears to be sitting on the grasses/weeds/plants. Love the quotes too!

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  19. Wow! An incredible photo! I love the light coming from behind the cloud! And then the quotes to go with it...this is great Diane!

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  20. The Silver linning in the cloud is always great to observe.


    Eaglesbrother

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  21. Very nice shot to use the cloud as a foil for the vegetation.

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  22. Great shot! looks like the cloud is sitting and putting its weight on the weeds (plants?). Sure this one is rare shot.

    Blue sky always bring a feeling of serenity.

    Happy weekend.

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  23. I like the composition and viewing angle. It looks like a cotton plant. Looks great!

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  24. I forget to mention, thanks for sharing those quotes to ponder.

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  25. I like the quotes. Interesting collection about an important matter.

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  26. An optimist can be a pessimist at a different time.

    The sky may look the other way round when time changes.

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  27. Love your optimist quotes! This is a great photo.

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  28. I like the way the plant fits neatly into the cloud.
    The pessimist in my house says he is a realist, but I try to resist and look on the bright side.
    Good post.

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  30. Very cool photo, it does look like the grasses are holding up the cloud. Great capture.

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  31. made me think of Mario Bros cloud! haha!

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