What do you think you see, Linus?

Cloudspotting over Hadley, 2/23/2022
Photo by Sharon Vardatira

“Aren't the clouds beautiful? They look like big balls of cotton... I could just lie here all day, and watch them drift by... If you use your imagination, you can see lots of things in the cloud formations... What do you think you see, Linus?"

"Well, those clouds up there look like the map of the British Honduras on the Caribbean... That cloud up there looks a little like the profile of Thomas Eakins, the famous painter and sculptor... And that group of clouds over there gives me the impression of the stoning of Stephen... I can see the apostle Paul standing there to one side..."

"Uh huh... That's very good... What do you see in the clouds, Charlie Brown?"

"Well, I was going to say I saw a ducky and a horsie, but I changed my mind!”

― Charles M. Schulz, The Complete Peanuts, Vol. 5: 1959-1960

My Impulsive Feet

Rob Barke - Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England - 2/19/2022

I follow my impulsive feet wherever they might go

my body is a pine tree surrounded by the snow

sometimes I simply stand beside a flowing stream

sometimes I chase a drifting cloud past another peak

~ Poem by Hanshan 

Legendary figure honored as a Bodhisattva in Zen mythology

(fl. ninth century C.E., Chinese Tang Dynasty)

Photo is by Cloud Appreciation Society member and friend of Head in the Clouds Amherst, Rob Barke. Rob captured this stormy scene earlier today near the village of Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England. Storms have been pummeling the U.K and parts of Europe, but as Rob notes, "Above the clouds the sun is always shining." Just beautiful!