A Morning Walk and and Afternoon Surprise

"Why are there trees,

I never walk under

but large and melodious thoughts

descend upon me?"

Walt Whitman

I went out for a very breezy walk yesterday morning and it felt so good to once again be wearing my favorite flannel shirt and vest.  The crisp bracing air and all the subtle scents blowing in from the woods, combined with the drying leaves, pine straw and grass, were like a perfume, no man could ever bottle.

"Don't knock the weather,

nine-tenths of the 

people couldn't start a 

conversation 

if it didn't change

once in awhile." 

Anonymous

Then a little later in the afternoon, I went out to visit my husband who was working on a project in our outbuilding.

But as soon as I got outside, I noticed a change in the weather.  I saw what I believe to be, a most beautiful and interesting cloud formation called: altocumulus stratisformis.  

The pictures above are untouched.  The sky was steel gray and was covered in this low hanging, dome like layer of silver clouds that appeared backlit by the sun, stretching as far as the eye can see into the horizon.  (Pilot's daughter, started learning my clouds about the same time as my ABC's) When I held the camera to capture the image the dark autumn leaves of our giant ornamental pear tree, seemed to "feather frame" the sky in black.

The pictures really did not do it justice.  It was one of those moments of rare beauty that made me completely stop in my tracks.  I was glad I had my phone with me and that my phone has a camera! :)

Here are two videos with some beautiful music I thought you might enjoy listening to, as you go about your day: 

I hope you have a beautiful autumn day,

filled with little moments of wonder!

With Love ,

Delisa