Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Big Sky Country

We don't live out West, known as big sky country... but we sure have some beautiful sky shows around here sometimes... Last night a storm blew in and blew out... leaving an amber glow and then these strange but beautiful clouds....


Note the golden glow...



 And these weird clouds...









 The barn roof reflecting the gold...


 Weird weather.




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31 comments:

  1. Joy TiltonAugust 2, 2011 at 11:08 AM

    Love that twilight time to take pictures, the glow off the barn says there's gold in there! You already knew those horses were treasures, didn't you?

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  2. Osage Bluff QuilterAugust 2, 2011 at 11:17 AM

    Awesome pictures! Hope you got some rain and cooler tempatures from the storm!

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  3. TexWisGirlAugust 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM

    oh, i call those clouds 'intestine' clouds because they look like ropes of colons across the sky! they're usually packed with hail and high winds. but i love that odd golden light they share too. really beautiful.

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  4. ValAugust 2, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Gorgeous...your home looks so beautiful under that sky!

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  5. Kim @ Savvy Southern StyleAugust 2, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Weird and beautiful at the same time. I love pretty sky and cloud pictures. These are great.

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  6. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM

    Weird weather, but awesome photography on your part!

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  7. ReenaAugust 2, 2011 at 12:41 PM

    Those clouds are awesome!

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  8. KimAugust 2, 2011 at 12:48 PM

    Great cloud photos. Love your backyard and garden areas! And I just have to know... what room in your house has that amazing arched window?

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  9. Ocean Breezes and Country SneezesAugust 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    Beautiful photos! Surprisingly we didn't get that weather. I love the veiw from the patio!

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  10. ruralrevivalfarmAugust 2, 2011 at 1:16 PM

    Cool clouds, they look like huffalumps but then I may have just watched too much Winnie the Pooh in the last decade. Possibly. Maybe.

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  11. StickhorsecowgirlsAugust 2, 2011 at 1:25 PM

    Really lovely, and a little eerie too! Seems like I recall hearing that when the skies have that golden hue, it's because of dust particles in the atmosphere. Your farm looks gorgeous in the light!V

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  12. SallyAugust 2, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Gorgeous photo's, Karen. Wish I was there lounging with you and a glass of wine; of course then you'd have to haul my butt inside. :)

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  13. (GBS) NewsFromTheHillAugust 2, 2011 at 3:07 PM

    Lovely! Must be Mother Nature rewarding you for the hours spent making those pickles!

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  14. NanaDianaAugust 2, 2011 at 3:49 PM

    OH-gorgeous!!! The one above the house looks like God's fingers- xo Diana

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  15. CarolinaAugust 2, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Beautiful and spooky at the same time ;-)

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  16. ~Lavender Dreamer~August 2, 2011 at 4:19 PM

    I love the big beautiful sky! I'm always looking UP! ♥

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  17. jp@A Green RidgeAugust 2, 2011 at 4:58 PM

    What beautiful clouds and sky, Karen! The clods almost look knuckle like...aren't they the dangerous ones?...:)JP

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  18. CaroleAugust 2, 2011 at 5:48 PM

    I'd never seen anything like it. It was like being on another planet....like I would know what that was like:)
    x
    C

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  19. Ms. AAugust 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    Those ARE some strange clouds! Awesomely strange.

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  20. LynnAugust 2, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Yes, there was that weird orange hue after the storm...very interesting clouds over your place!

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  21. Country GirlAugust 2, 2011 at 8:05 PM

    These clouds are a rare sight and a real treat. They're mammatus clouds.
    http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/cld/cldtyp/oth/mm.rxml

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/capestars/3447580790/

    Love your photos here.

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  22. VickyAugust 2, 2011 at 8:19 PM

    Gorgeous, I always love the golden light at this time of the year. I spent the weekend trying to capture it as well. I am sad to see the sun is already setting by 9 pm but I'll take what I can still get of it! Those clouds almost don't look real!

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  23. DebiAugust 2, 2011 at 8:36 PM

    Amazing pictures. Your back yard is so beautiful with the glow. The clouds look like giant cotton balls. Never seen anything like that. Debi

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  24. HilaryAugust 2, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Those clouds are EERIE.....what's up with that???

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  25. bichonpawzAugust 3, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    You DO realize that you live in paradise....right??? I LOVE your place Karen...just cannot get enough!!! Your photography is awesome!!

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  26. DeborahAugust 3, 2011 at 5:48 AM

    I LOVE those shots.

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  27. La Petite GalleryAugust 3, 2011 at 6:57 AM

    Karen, do you live in Maine? Sure looks like our coast.
    We had thunderstorms the other night, sounded like a war.
    It is weird weather. Your Dog is beautiful.

    yvonne

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  28. Alison @ The PolohouseAugust 3, 2011 at 10:12 AM

    Hi Karen!
    Isn't it funny to think that you are in CT and I am in Illinois and we are under the same "big sky" sharing the same weather pattern in a manner of hours?

    Last night. at around six p.m. the sky turned black/gray and storm clouds blew in. High winds and torrential downpours. Then followed by a yellow sky. Then golen yellow. Then orange and pink. Then it cleared up for a while with weird pillow puff clouds.

    I should have taken pictures like you did!!!
    Instead I was consoling scared pups and making dinner!

    Your property is so gorgeous.
    xx
    Alison

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  29. spread your wingsAugust 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    those clouds look painted on a watercolor sky. i've never seen anything like ti.

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  30. From Beyond My Kitchen WindowAugust 3, 2011 at 6:26 PM

    What strange but beautiful clouds. I have seen that funny golden glow before. Sort of scary but cool at the same time.

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  31. NancyAugust 6, 2011 at 12:49 PM

    You saw the same kind of clouds that I did! Check out my post http://porchdays.blogspot.com/2011/08/stranger-and-stranger.html

    We don't have much open sky around my house. I had to shoot between the trees. The post explains what kind of clouds they are and there is a link. Nancy

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