We got our first dose of cold and snow this week. We only had flurries at our house, but it is definitely more chilly than last week.
This is a squall northeast of our house. I love how open it is here because we can see things like this miles away. I DID happen to be on the roof at the time because Prince Charming was putting up the holiday lights, but I could have seen it from my bedroom window as well. I did not even notice the bright spots on the clouds until I uploaded the photos this morning.
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December 11, 2008 at 11:20 am
Beautiful cloud formation. It is cooler here too. Can’t wait for some snow in the Sierras so I can have a little walk in the snow.
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Happy skywatching. Are you going to photograph your house all deck in christmas decor?
December 11, 2008 at 11:29 am
Amazing capture of the squall line-nature in action.
December 11, 2008 at 12:02 pm
How beautiful and amazing: the movement, the colours, everything, and against such a blue sky.
Upstaging your holiday lights for the moment, a show like that! LOL I hope getting the lights up went well: I enjoy seeing them on everyone’s houses this time of year.
December 11, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Louise: What a great capture of the neat cloud feature, you did really well.
December 11, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Living in the Northeast, the one thing I miss terribly are the huge Missouri skies. It’s beautiful here, but very closed in.
Beautiful beautiful photo!
December 11, 2008 at 1:28 pm
That there is some big sky! (contemplates moving…)
My brother just emailed pictures of snow in New Orleans.
Maybe we’ll all have a white Christmas…
December 11, 2008 at 1:42 pm
WOW, that is an awesome photo!
Thanks for sharing
Happy SWF
December 11, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Where is the SNOW!!!??? Just kidiing you I see its coming soon its in the SKY! Welldone:)
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December 11, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I wonder if that was the same squall that dumped 6″ of snow over here? I would rather have had your view than mine! Beautiful shot.
December 11, 2008 at 1:48 pm
Amazing cloud formation,
I have never seen anything like that!
December 11, 2008 at 1:53 pm
I love this photo.Great sky.
December 11, 2008 at 1:56 pm
Great sky.
Beautiful clouds.
Troy and Martha
December 11, 2008 at 1:57 pm
That does look like quite a rush! Beautiful colors.
December 11, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Amazing skyes in action.
Nice shot!
December 11, 2008 at 2:29 pm
Very nice. Looks like an octopus.
December 11, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Beauty in the eye of the beholder Louise, great shot.
December 11, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Very unique clouds, perfect for skywatch friday.
Cheers!
Regina In Pictures
December 11, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Lovely squall picture, they make the day special.
Thank you for sharing.
Have a really great weekend.
December 11, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Wow, incredible photo! Happy skywatch
December 11, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Nice photo, Louise!
December 11, 2008 at 3:27 pm
This photo shows so many different colours blue. It is so beautiful.
December 11, 2008 at 3:32 pm
I love that cloud with it’s trail… we get storms like this quite a bit. Lovely, soft colors.
December 11, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Well all i can say is what a brave soul you are for being on the roof. The other is this is a beautiful shot of the clouds
December 11, 2008 at 3:46 pm
You put lights up on your house? I’m impressed. but of course you have Prince Charming and all. Your sky looks almost fairy-tale-ish. Very nice! Love the “pilar of cloud”
December 11, 2008 at 3:47 pm
BTW – enjoy your trip to see your cousin. She knows where the damn bed is, so you don’t need to worry.
December 11, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Beautiful, dramatic, skies. An excellent post.
December 11, 2008 at 4:21 pm
Outstanding, Louise. Our temp is pushing 80, today. It’ll cool down and we’ll get rain this weekend.
December 11, 2008 at 4:56 pm
That’s neat, Louise. I never saw one before. Thanks.
December 11, 2008 at 5:41 pm
A wonderful photo with a fantastic cloud formation!
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December 11, 2008 at 6:18 pm
Very beautiful Louise! You always come up with a good shot!
December 11, 2008 at 6:42 pm
It looks like a painters rush sweeping the pretty pastel colours of the sky.
December 11, 2008 at 6:48 pm
OMG, Louise, that is so beautiful!
December 11, 2008 at 6:56 pm
nice shoot have great weekend. And thanks for your coment on mine pic to.
December 11, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Oh very lovely photo. Looked like the cloud being blown upwards. Have a nice weekend.
December 11, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Love the wispiness in the clouds
December 11, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I wonder, do you always take your camera with you when you climb onto the roof?
Wonderful sho with those gloriously sweeping white clouds.
December 11, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Amazing cloud formation. I would be battening down the hatches if I saw that coming.
December 11, 2008 at 8:32 pm
an awesome capture of the clouds…thanks for sharing the skies over new mexico with us.
have a great weekend.
December 11, 2008 at 8:33 pm
I love those clouds!
December 11, 2008 at 8:33 pm
Interesting cloud formation, great shot.
December 11, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I love cloud pics, and yours is lovely!
December 11, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Louise, this is awesome. It looks like a jelllyfish. Be careful up on that roof, don’t drop the camera.
December 11, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Weather in the raw – fascinating!
December 11, 2008 at 10:38 pm
It almost has a funnel like appearance to it! Great shot. I hope you made it down from the roof safely! I’m looking at the sky here. Happy Friday!
December 11, 2008 at 11:32 pm
That is a very nice picture of the clouds. It is so neat looking.
December 12, 2008 at 12:28 am
Very fine winter sky.
Enjoy Sky Watch!
December 12, 2008 at 2:04 am
Brikkiant example of cumulus cloud there!
December 12, 2008 at 2:05 am
ooops! I meant brilliant, of course!
December 12, 2008 at 3:22 am
What a beautiful sky – I love those clouds. We don’t get anything like that here!
December 12, 2008 at 5:40 am
Great pictures, lovely clouds, the light makes it special
December 12, 2008 at 6:00 am
Wow!!! beautiful cloud formation,I love it,Thanks for sharing and have a nice day.
December 12, 2008 at 6:04 am
Wow … what a great shot!
It’s wonderful to see the wind in action.
I’m a little jealous of the view from your house.
December 12, 2008 at 6:33 am
Very pretty Sky Watch photo. What a great view you have…
December 12, 2008 at 6:39 am
Neat formation.
December 12, 2008 at 8:17 am
You got a great capture of the snow squall. The ones here have been too thick to photograph but I must try to see if I can catch one – it made such an interesting photo!
Thanks for your visit to my SWF!
December 12, 2008 at 8:26 am
What great cloud formations! Please be careful on the roof!
December 12, 2008 at 9:22 am
Winter skies are ever changing from one hour to the next! You be carefull on that roof!! Thank you for this capture!
December 12, 2008 at 10:42 am
what a cloud formation! that was really cool when you captured this on the roof top!
December 12, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Such an unusual cloud formation but really very nice….roof? oh, watch out!
December 12, 2008 at 12:29 pm
That’s a wonderful shot Louise
December 12, 2008 at 1:07 pm
I love the pattern the cloud makes in that shot, Louise. Lovely.
December 12, 2008 at 2:42 pm
oh! big weather. i just love it. the sort of thing that turns people into photographers!
December 12, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Wow! What a fantastic capture. The cloud pattern is amazing, as is the light on the clouds.
December 12, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Fascinating cloud formation! It is almost as if the clouds have been captured mid flight! Beautiful!
December 12, 2008 at 5:45 pm
Terrific cloud activity. Fantastic image. Great shot!
December 12, 2008 at 6:16 pm
Amazing … certainly not something I’ve ever seen before. Thanks for sharing ;–)
Hugs and blessings,
December 12, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Oh well I entered my comment for the tree below which is also magnificent but this one, definitely the angels were earthsweeping.
December 12, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Awesome formations!! I love looking at the clouds when a storm is brewing even though we have to worry about one of them spawning a tornado.
December 12, 2008 at 10:40 pm
Just a beautiful shot! Happy SWF!!
December 13, 2008 at 12:42 am
Lovely giant jellyfish. Happy snow waiting times.
December 13, 2008 at 9:51 am
I love this – the clouds so suggest the wind.
December 13, 2008 at 11:20 am
A strange looking cloud formation. Makes you think that aliens are sucking things up into their spacecraft.
December 13, 2008 at 4:06 pm
What an amazing and unusual catch, Louise! Good thing you spotted it while you were there on the roof! Happy SkyWatching!
December 13, 2008 at 10:42 pm
If the sky was a little darker blue, I would think tornado.
Beautiful sky.
December 15, 2008 at 5:00 am
nice shot.
December 15, 2008 at 12:33 pm
My earlier comment about the amazing cloud was meant for this image. Sorry to have confused you.
December 15, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Did I not come by here on Friday? I can’t believe I missed this sky. It is really dramatic and beautiful. Nice catch.
December 15, 2008 at 3:30 pm
What a beautiful effect. Be careful up on the roof!
December 15, 2008 at 5:52 pm
Very Wispy…….looking.
December 15, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Is that in Arizona ? I thought it would never snow there !
December 16, 2008 at 7:50 am
Interesting! I didn’t even know they got snow in Arizona. It’s a fascinating world.
December 16, 2008 at 8:21 am
You have also snow there, interesting – nice shot:)
December 16, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Louise, incredible shot of extinct volcanoes in the snow! Thank you for sharing!
December 16, 2008 at 9:54 pm
My world is snowy this week too. Love the composition with the 2 volcanoes.