I AmAnita

@cloudsgoby.bsky.social

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The older I get the curiouser I become, in every sense of the word. Finding my way, here and elsewhere. #cloud watcher, respecter of #nature, 99% #vegetarian On Mastodon as @CloudsGoBy@mindly.social

Looking along a road in a village. There are some large trees on the right. Most are dark green but the largest in the foreground has pale green leaves which are glowing in the bright sunshine. The sky is blue with only wisps of white cloud
Slow motion video of a goldfinch clinging onto long stalks and pulling seeds from a flower head. There are some big white daisies with yellow centres and there is long grass. The bird is pale brown but has bright red and white on its face and black and yellow flashes on its wings
A cloudscape with lots of interesting shapes, grey shadows, and bright highlights from the sun. Areas of deep blue sky are visible. There are the silhouettes of trees below and left
A section of a thick wooden post. There are two shiny metal discs next to each other and a horizontal slot below so it looks a bit like a face
A mass of green grass with lots of tall white and yellow daisies, yellow buttercups, yellow vetch, some red clover and flowering yellow rattle
A rural gated driveway entrance. A backdrop of dark trees and a road in the foreground. Starting from the left - fence with small wooden stile, small postbox on a pole, large stone gatepost, open gateway, large stone gatepost with metal gate swung back, fence wth notice on it. To the extreme right of the photo is a tall fingerpost painted in alternating black and white bands. Behind the post is some blue sky with fluffy cloud, green fields and distant cloud. If you zoom right in on the bottom of the right hand gatepost you might just make out the arrow shape of an OS benchmark.
Mountains in silhouette against a golden sunset sky. A large band of dark cloud is obscuring the sun, but rays are coming down and making a pool of light on the water of the loch below
An area of green grass in the lower half of the photo. To the right a small group of chickens are pecking around in front of a wooden picnic bench. In the background there are mountains, the highest on the left. Fluffy white clouds are above them and the sky is very blue. It is evening and shadows are long
Dark densely wooded hills on the skyline with a cloud above that looks like a huge pile of fluffy grey white pancakes. Blue sky otherwise
A thick horizontal band of soft cloud, peachy pink from the setting sun against a backdrop of blue. Distant low hills, dark trees in the foreground.
The edge of a tilled field of brown soil, green fields beyond leading to higher ground and misty, bare looking hills. There are sunlit trees that aren’t in full leaf yet, a particularly large one right foreground. The sky is blue and above the hills three horizontal clouds stretch across like thick ropes, dark underneath and light on top
Blue sky with lots of big clouds, warm white and grey from the setting sun. The central mass of cloud is a little like a head in profile, with voluminous hair (or fur?) and looking right. Some tree silhouettes low down.
Gollum writhing ‘It burns! It burns us!’
A field of rough grass with a fenced railway and winter bare trees on the left. The sky is blue but cloudy. We are looking towards a very wide grey metal field gate. It should have 7 horizontal bars supported by diagonals, but the top bar has rusted and broken, hanging down at an angle.
Blue sky, darker at the top and gradually becoming paler lower down. There are two large leafless trees in silhouette, one at each side of the photo. At the bottom there’s a very dark band, a hint of fields and distant trees. Just above this is a long, thin, horizontal line of cloud that looks like it has been twisted. There is some brightness from sunshine on the left.
Looking along a road in winter that has some bare hedge and trees on either side and snow, but not on the road which is dark. There is a line of small red and white traffic bollards to the left of the road. Directly ahead is a mountain that is covered in snow. Bright sunshine casts many shadows on it. The cloudless sky is deep blue. The mountain is called Blencathra, also known as Saddleback because of its distinctive shape.
Rural scene, late winter, bare trees in the distance. An old stone wall with rounded capping stones and a gap with two stone block steps to access it. There is lichen and moss on the wall. Rough vegetation in front, a field absolutely full of dug up swedes for sheep behind. No sheep visible. To the right is a tall wooden fingerpost. There is a warning notice on it about keeping dogs under control.
A rather decrepit wooden stile with tangled winter vegetation around it. Two small planks make the steps on a short piece of fence. It’s all damp, mossy and mouldy. The tall wooden fingerpost stands to the right, and to the right of that a green metal fence with a fan shape on top. It borders a railway which is much higher up.
Dark cigar shaped clouds against a sunset sky. Pale blue morphing into orange gold nearer the horizon. There are some birds flying across, just visible as small black dots, and electricity wires stretch across the photo. At the bottom of the picture there are the silhouetted outlines of trees.
A little girl, maybe 2 or 3 yrs old. She is wearing very wide legged dungarees, a light coloured jumper and socks with sandals. Her hair is shortish, blown back a little by a breeze, and her face is scrunched up because the sun is shining on it. Her older brother is only partially visible to the left of the photo. He is holding her hand.
In the foreground, and low in the photo, is a field with some grazing sheep dotted about. It is dusk and large trees are silhouetted on either side against a dark blue-grey cloudless sky. Just above the trees there is a huge golden yellow full moon. It looks big because it is still relatively near the horizon.
A small group of very woolly teddy bear-like sheep in the corner of a field by a hedge. The grass has been well flattened and brown with dried mud. The sheep come in different colours - cream, grey and brown. Some are lying down, some standing. They are very close to each other. The cream sheep in the foreground is lying down and looking straight at the camera.
A pretend matchbox decorated with a Christmas scene and the words Santa Claus NO 111. It is part open on the right and reveals the head of a little plastic Santa doll in red and white cap. It is rosy cheeked but frowning and rather creepy looking.
Horizontal bands of cloud like stretched cotton wool go across the width of the photo. The nearest is illuminated in reddish orange by the setting sun. Further back are two blue grey bands of cloud. The sky is a shade of pale evening blue with a touch of orange lower down. At the bottom of the photo is a line of scruffy winter trees in silhouette and distant low hills with a purplish orange cast.
The sky at sunset. The upper two thirds of the photo is deep blue with some dark blue cloud. At the bottom of the photo are trees in silhouette and a distant electricity pole with a golden yellow glow behind. Above this is a long, horizontal, wavy band of cloud stretching right across the view. It is a deep orange colour.
A profusion of white and grey clouds and a hint of pale blue sky. Tree silhouettes all along the bottom of the photo
A few branches of a shrub with spiky green leaves and some delicate pale mauve flowers. Gravel, soil and light coloured paving slabs in the background.
Looking through a plain glass window at a blue sky with streaks of white and grey cloud across it. The leafy top of a hedge can be sign at the bottom edge of the photo and to the right is a semi-transparent curtain in silhouette.
Large creamy white puffball on long grass. My foot, clad in a walking shoe, is beside it for size comparison.
An orange themed sunset with trees and a hedge silhouetted in the foreground. A dark band of cloud billows up from low down while, higher up, bulbous udder-like clouds hang down, illuminated underneath by the last of the sunlight
Upper section of an old and very weathered gate. It is made from vertical wooden slats bolted onto horizontal slats. The vertical slats are positioned so that they make a pleasing curve at the top. There is a curved wooden sign attached part way down which says DA BRIGS. Beyond the gate is a narrow stony causeway over some water leading to a rough grassy area. A glimpse of grey sky beyond.
A chaotic hedgerow with long rough grass in front. It is full of creamy white pink-tinged honeysuckle flowers. The sky is a jumble of pale pinkish grey clouds.
A vivid sunset of deep oranges, reds and yellow. There are some crepuscular rays fanning out from a very low, bright yellow, sun. It looks blurred and there are a few streaks of cloud over it. To the left are the branches of a large tree in silhouette and there is the leafy top of a hedge in the foreground.
A large bracket fungus on an old, wide tree stump that has been cut close to the ground. Grass is growing on top of it and around it. The fungus is like a large pale brown wonky dinner plate decorated with darker rings of dots and dashes.
A mass of greenery and flowers. To the left there are tall daisy-like flowers with long white petals and yellow centres. To the right are some tall plants with purple thistle-like flowers.