Clouds

“Be comforted, dear soul! There is always light behind the clouds.” ~Louisa May Alcott

Jack Kerouac

I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of thinking and enjoying what they call living, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds. Jack Kerouac

“Mind is simply a combination of all the thoughts, of all the clouds. Mind has no independent nature of its own. When all the thoughts are gone and the sky is clean and clear, you will see that everything that you have paid so much attention to is nothing but emptiness. Your thoughts were all …

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Tuesday Morning Quote

“When I am attacked by gloomy thoughts, nothing helps me so much as running to my books. They quickly absorb me and banish the clouds from my mind.” – Michel de Montaigne http://www.bquot.es/s/3295

Zen Proverb

The blue mountains are of themselves blue mountains; The white clouds are of themselves white clouds. Zenrin Kushu

Just A Thought

Snow storms are numerous flakes falling from the clouds.

Overcast

Photo of the dark and gray overcast sky, taken at 3:20 pm. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Quote

“The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.” Wendell Berry

Naked Tree

Autumn is definitely here. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Crappy Weather

Photo was taken on the 21st, well before the worst of the storm hit late last night. Constant heavy rain and windy as all hell. Gotta love New England weather. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Colors Of Autumn

Took this photo a couple of days ago. In a few more days, the rest of the green leaves will be turning red, then it will be bare till next spring. This work A Pondering Mind is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

The Way It Is

When I see blue sky with a smattering of clouds, it makes me happy. This my fellow readers, is all I need. Don’t need religion, nor read the bible. Don’t need to be told how to enjoy life. I am just basically one happy man, that likes solitude, peace of mind, and quietness. The coffee …

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Just Thinking

There are no two clouds that look the same.

A Zen Sky

Peaceful Zen summer sky. The atmosphere at its best. It makes people happy. Time of photo: 5:48 PM.

Cloud Eating The Sun

The cloud gobbled up the sun. Bye bye. May another sun take your place. If not, it was nice knowing you.

Sunset

Most of the day was cloudy, dull and humid. It turned out to be a nice evening at 7:50 PM.

The air is awful. Humid and sticky as hell.

Three Things

Time of photo: 7:40 PM.

Evening Sun Partially Hidden

I like it when the sun is partially hidden by the clouds. It makes the sky look beautiful. Time of photo: 7:34 PM.

Looking

I love the mid-morning of the streaking, wispy clouds. Time of photo: 9:36 AM.

Today The Heat Really Sucked

The heat and humidity really sucked today. At 4:00 PM, the air was so damn stifling, it like sucked the air right of you. The photo above and below were taken at 6:14 PM. The rain, or what rain fell was a short welcome relief.

Hazy & Cloudy

At 1:05 PM, it was hazy, cloudy and 87 F with a feel of 93. 30 C with a feel of 34. The breeze in the shade feels good.

Sky

Time of photo: 5:39 PM.

Seen Through The Window

Time of photo: 3:23 PM.

Seven Minutes Before Sunset

Another photo from Sunday evening. A bit closer look at the work being done at the local Senior Center. Time of photo: 8:19 PM. Click on photo to enlarge.

Clouds

Mid-day photo of billowing clouds, at 2:45 pm.

Gray Sky

Gray sky, rain, and a temp of 48 F, 9 C. Photo taken at 9:17 AM.

Gloomy Sky

The rain had just ended, and the sky still had the gloomy look. Warm and muggy here.

Sky Photo

Took this photo, using the B&W mode. Hint: I do love black & white.

Friday Afternoon Sunset

It was 60 degrees at 4:28 pm. When I saw the colorful sky, I knew I had to take the photo of it. In about 4 weeks, the sun will be setting at or around 4:10 pm.

Thinking

I came to a point where I needed solitude and just stop the machine of ‘thinking’ and ‘enjoying’ what they call ‘living’, I just wanted to lie in the grass and look at the clouds. — Jack Kerouac

Saturday Sunset(s)

Another warm day here in Massachusetts, which will be the last one. Colder air moving in for Sunday and Monday. Here’s a couple of photos of the end of day’s sunset.