It has been a long time since it has been warm enough for a little cloud watching. At five pm this afternoon, the cold wind dropped and the sun came out, so I took the scotties outside to play before I locked up the turkeys and ducks and fed the pigs.
"Cloud watching" is an occasional guilty pleasure of mine, and is one that I have not "practiced" since the autumn.(see last blog)
Cloud Watching is always camouflaged from questioning eyes by having the scotties jumping all over me when I lie down! To anyone passing, the whole thing would just look like a middle aged guy playing with his dogs.....only I would know that the ulterior motive would be a moment of pure , if not a little odd looking, relaxation!
Today the scotties wandered off, just at the point I had "seen" the White Cliffs of Dover in a particularly long cloud as it passed by, and Albert took over with a playful jump onto my head. He stayed with me for the longest time, so I fished the camera out of my pocket and took our photo to remember the moment.
Now neighbour Mandy was watching me from her garden, and amid some slightly confused hilarity she asked:
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"What ARE you doing?" ..after all I am sure she was not quite used to seeing a middle aged man lying flat in a field with a cat on his head
"Watching clouds" I called back...........
She didn't ask for a further explanation.........
I guess she knows me very well.......................
hey ho
Like you, I love cloud watching. Albert looks pretty darned happy there. Great pic.
ReplyDeleteGod it's been ages since I did this - I shall make a point of doing it soon. Thanks for reminding me....by the way, you have an animal on your head x
ReplyDeleteTHANKS for a much needed grin today!! I love cloud watching too, however we've had nothing but clouds here in Virginia and I'm ready for them to leave--I think it'll improve my cheery disposition!!!
ReplyDeleteI have to say this: Do you have,like,a really unusually long arm?? I've noticed how good your self portraits are. When I take self-photos they always look like I have a gigantic head! I figure my arm doesn't reach far enough out.You must have orangutan arms!!LOL.
ReplyDeleteI love to watch clouds.Also I like to stare at tree bark and imagine faces,etc. I guess that's wierd too...when I was a kid I always saw faces in the shower curtain!
Your cat Albert is the spitting image of one of my cats, Maude.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see that cloud watching is alive and well across the pond.
Love the photo! I too love to cloud watch. The last 4 years I have spent my summer weekend days on a blanket under my fruit trees and sometimes wonder that people might think I have collapsed or died, so if I hear a car go by, I cross my bent knees and start wiggling a foot.
ReplyDeleteAt our age, does this ever cross your mind, that someone might think you have collapse or is it just my weirdness?