Ending Blue Sky Thinking

Contrails, cirrus clouds, and a lovely setting sun
Friday 11/23/2012; 5:00 pm, Amherst
Photo by Mindy

It's been a few weeks of mostly sunny, blue skies and mild temperatures, at least up until the weekend. And while there are plenty of people who would love day after day of "blue sky" weather, we here at Head in the Clouds Amherst are not among them. A cloudless, blue sky is just about the most boring sky around, second only to a uniform gray sky (stratus opacus uniformis).  Is there anything more beautiful than clouds illuminated by the setting sun? And we will never understand people who don't feel some spark of excitement at seeing that first snow of the season. So here's to the end of blue sky thinking - and today's first bona fide dusting of snow in the Valley.