Ever since I was a little girl, I've had an interest in CLOUDS. I have memories of days spent on my backside sharing a blanket with my grandmother staring up at the clouds over the Niagara River. We'd point out the clouds to one another and describe the people, places or things we saw in their shapes. There was no scene too far fetched (it just usually ended with lots of giggling)! Then on each walk back to her home, we'd tell each other stories of the people around the world who were staring at those very same clouds. Complete strangers sharing our earth's great SKYSCAPE!

On a recent daytrip headed west of Rochester - my fiance McAllister and I opted to take the more scenic path down Route 104 versus the New York State Thruway. We were headed to his parent's home in Niagara on the Lake to drop our dog Lucy off to be dog-sat while we went on vacation. It was a perfect 'cloudy' day and despite being confined to the vehicle - I was going to both enjoy and photograph it! I challenged myself to have at least one cloud in EVERY picture I took from my window seat.

These are a few pictures taken out the window: 

 
These are of me and the side-view mirror: (the only reason the challenge accepted these is the cloud reflections were captured on the vehicle or in the mirror):

Even though I did not enjoy Niagara Falls as much as Diedra did on her recent trip, I did manage to snap up a few pictures while waiting to cross the Rainbow Bridge:

These were taken out the sunroof: (it's been a while since I stood up and hung myself out the sunroof... perhaps a story for another post?!)

Here is one of Niagara River:

Photo of the picnic table we ate on at roadside diner: (too bad we didn't hold the onion rings up to the clouds... thinking about them still makes me drool):


 
And a challenge it was. Not only were the clouds changing shape and constantly moving - our vehicle was moving along too! I kept my Kodak V705 on Sport Mode which helped as we whizzed by.

It is many years later, but I'm still drawn to staring at the clouds and taking photos of the endless variety in their shapes. They are much more than a coincidental collection of water droplets or ice crystals! Clouds can be source of endless fascination - all you have to do is look up (or out your window)!

Do you have a neat cloud story to share? Just leave a comment - I'd love to hear!

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