tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24467911699403255822024-02-21T06:36:45.965-08:00Occasional Scottish CloudClouds - one of Scotland's great riches. Posted occasionally as life allowsLindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-38582349329312302422015-07-06T01:51:00.001-07:002015-07-06T01:51:28.536-07:00Mammatus clouds - at last!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was beginning to despair of ever seeing mammatus clouds, but this week there they were right over our street. We've had an epic overnight <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-33359707" target="_blank">thunderstorm</a> in Edinburgh (which I slept through), so the conditions were right. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-19495608184397076992015-06-13T00:45:00.001-07:002015-06-13T00:45:18.504-07:00Christening shawl<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Reminds me of the fragile beauty of my children's christening shawls. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-15501582705535809942014-05-10T00:09:00.000-07:002014-05-10T00:09:00.538-07:00Old College dome<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Feathery clouds over the University of Edinburgh's Old College. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See more skies from around the world at <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.co.uk/">Skywatch Friday</a>. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-87655386128884901872014-04-27T00:43:00.002-07:002014-04-27T00:50:05.965-07:00The veil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Poised over my home village on Speyside, on the Easter weekend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Normal back garden view - includes a bit of the greenhouse, two local industries (a garage and a distillery) and the remains of an early 13th century castle on the hill. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Other skies from around the world at at <a href="http://skyley.blogspot.co.uk/">Skywatch Friday</a>. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-76161149314004467862014-04-10T12:48:00.004-07:002014-04-10T12:48:36.252-07:00Cloud and variations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Outside IKEA, at Straiton, Edinburgh.</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-72451022190682931522014-01-05T07:44:00.000-08:002014-01-05T07:44:11.844-08:00Old College cloud<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a lot of cloud catch-up to do from 2013. Here's the first, from the University of Edinburgh's Old College in September. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-76470504984823803002013-12-31T12:12:00.004-08:002013-12-31T12:12:47.868-08:00Just another Speyside sunrise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">I felt a distinct sense of foreboding when I stood outside under this sky on 2 November. And rightly so - it delivered a night of gales and rain. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-23784745571168214242013-11-05T09:28:00.000-08:002013-11-05T09:38:32.516-08:00Scribbles in the sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Mound Place, Edinburgh, looking towards Edinburgh Castle. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">After a brief, delusional spell when I thought I could post a cloud photo a day, I've accepted reality and changed the tempo of this blog to the occasional mode. I probably <i>take</i> a cloud photo a day, but turning it into a blog post is another matter. </span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-67196849787816137842013-08-03T14:35:00.002-07:002013-08-03T14:35:43.287-07:00Cloud skin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A very high skin of cloud, on a blustery day.</span>Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-67494047901424262292013-08-02T14:58:00.000-07:002013-08-02T14:58:10.197-07:00Allotment afternoon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">A morning downpour gave way suddenly to blue skies, and then a windy afternoon. The fragmenting clouds here are taken from our allotment</span>. Lindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11269887100694066103noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2446791169940325582.post-65095598470448332762013-08-02T00:37:00.000-07:002013-11-05T00:34:28.457-08:00Saltire in the sky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps it's because it's Summer, with time to cloud-watch, that I suddenly want to capture a tiny part of the ever-changing cloud activity every day. While I'm aiming for a daily post, life will sometimes get in the way. And while the skies will mostly be Scottish, there will be days when I'll be under other skies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Two posts today to start with. The first is a classic Saltire - the Scottish flag - from yesterday, just to get things going. Aircraft are very obliging in forming the Scottish flag. Today's cloudscape so far is unremitting grey, but I'm hopeful of a change later. If that doesn't happen, I'll post what I see. </span></div>
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