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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I love this picture, Diane! It's so unique and very artistic!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot! Great sky.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful fluffy cloud and I love the quotes!!!
ReplyDeletewhat a fun picture! it looks like the grass is holding that cloud up, love it, very nice photo!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I like the sun rays coming from behind the cloud.
ReplyDeleteFantastic sky, awesome photograph!
ReplyDeleteWow, such a gorgeous fluffy cloud. Love the composition too.
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Fantastic composition, the cloud looks so much like white fluffy cotton candy!
ReplyDeleteExcellent shot, with the sun highlighting the whole cloud.
ReplyDeleteGreat angle and nice quotes :)
ReplyDeleteHeavenly shot Diane, and I love the words that go with it.
ReplyDeleteAll the best :)
Guy
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Cool capture! :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic shot, Diane! Beautiful composition! Marvelous cloud with light and dark -- moody looking! And the darkened plants! That and perfect words!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Sylvia
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...
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Betsy
What wonderful quotes to accompany your unique sky photo this week! I'm sharing my beach sunset views at Sacred Ruminations this week ;-)
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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.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot of the blue sky. It looks like pure white cotton ball in the sky.
ReplyDeleteThe cloud looks like a white flower in the air with those plants below holding it... pretty pic :-D
ReplyDeleteLOL!! Those are all good ones Diane. I belive in covering both sides of the fence just to make sure I am always right. :)
ReplyDeleteHaha, great quotes and a very pretty cloud.
ReplyDeleteAwesome photo and I love the quotes. I would like to walk on the clouds.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful blue sky...that cloud appears to be sitting on the grasses/weeds/plants. Love the quotes too!
ReplyDeleteWow! An incredible photo! I love the light coming from behind the cloud! And then the quotes to go with it...this is great Diane!
ReplyDeleteThe Silver linning in the cloud is always great to observe.
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Very nice shot to use the cloud as a foil for the vegetation.
ReplyDeleteGreat shot! looks like the cloud is sitting and putting its weight on the weeds (plants?). Sure this one is rare shot.
ReplyDeleteBlue sky always bring a feeling of serenity.
Happy weekend.
I like the composition and viewing angle. It looks like a cotton plant. Looks great!
ReplyDeleteI forget to mention, thanks for sharing those quotes to ponder.
ReplyDeleteI like the quotes. Interesting collection about an important matter.
ReplyDeleteAn optimist can be a pessimist at a different time.
ReplyDeleteThe sky may look the other way round when time changes.
Love your optimist quotes! This is a great photo.
ReplyDeleteI like the way the plant fits neatly into the cloud.
ReplyDeleteThe pessimist in my house says he is a realist, but I try to resist and look on the bright side.
Good post.
One perfect cloud!
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great skywatch photo, thanks
ReplyDeleteVery cool photo, it does look like the grasses are holding up the cloud. Great capture.
ReplyDeletemade me think of Mario Bros cloud! haha!
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