Just returned from a 3-week “vacation.” (More on that in a future post to my regular readers.) The first two weeks were spent in southwest Missouri, and this photo was taken near Branson, Missouri, at Silver Dollar City. It was not typical of a Missouri sky to me, and I loved the blueness of it which was unusual for the extreme humidity of the day.
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It did not rain. It did shower just a few drops, but not the rain that the later-black-sky threatened.
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Potted Frog 
June 18, 2009 at 8:54 am
Nice sky. Welcome back Louise. Look forward to vacation pics.
June 18, 2009 at 9:09 am
I’m hoping for sunshine! 🙂
June 18, 2009 at 9:16 am
There you are! Nice sky. You have been greatly missed!
Its been raining here all month … honest … and today is no exception … POURING non stop rain .. FEH
June 18, 2009 at 9:52 am
Hello, hello, hello! I have missed you and was so excited when I saw you had posted. Can’t wait to catch up on all that you have been doing. Oh, nice picture of the sky also! I had forgotten what a blue sky looks like. Take care!
June 18, 2009 at 11:52 am
Good to read you again! Beautiful photo, Louise. My bro is home in MO as I write. Wish I were back there with him! As I said – so good to see you around these blog parts again!
June 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Welcome back – understand that life takes over sometimes, but still, we’ve missed you!
June 18, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Welcome back to Skywatch and to blogging, Louise!
Love that black lantern at the bottom of this beautiful blue sky!
June 18, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Hi Louise nice to hear you. Love the oh so blue sky with a mass of cloud.
Enjoy your self.
June 18, 2009 at 4:59 pm
Good to see your sky again Louise and to hear from you. Great blue sky out there, didn’t look like a rain was going to be there.
June 18, 2009 at 5:23 pm
It looks just like a typical Florida sky, it must be the humidity. Even the blue is the same… it is a small world 😀
Welcome home!
June 18, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Nice reading you and looking at such beautiful sky.
Have a great weekend.
Now and Then
June 18, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Very inviting clouds to see things in.
June 18, 2009 at 6:45 pm
Welcome! I miss you so much! Glad to see you fine!
This sky is outstanding!
Thanks for sharing and don’t forget dear friend to be always HAPPY ! 🙂
Léia and Luna(from Brazil)
June 18, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Glad to see you back in the skywatch neighborhood. I’m happy to see you again.
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June 18, 2009 at 7:13 pm
That is truly a White Cloud…very pretty
*A wonderful weekend to you* Maria
June 18, 2009 at 7:22 pm
Perfect shot of blue & cloud:)
Have a wonderful weekend.
June 18, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Love that big white cloud in the middle of the gorgeous blue skies!!
June 18, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Hello Louise, thank you for visiting me.
Hope you have a great vacation and have a wonderful weekend with your family.
God bless.
June 18, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Louise: What a great cloud photo, I think the top looks like Teddy Roosevelt.
Welcome back from your break.
June 18, 2009 at 8:53 pm
Wonderful sky, Louise! On the top of the clouds I see a face of a lady with her hair in the wind!
Have a great weekend!
June 18, 2009 at 9:16 pm
It’s like someone took their hand over the center cloud and started to wipe it away. Welcome back from vacation.
June 18, 2009 at 11:42 pm
It´s like someone big is rising from the distance but in a gentle way.
June 18, 2009 at 11:46 pm
very pretty…
June 19, 2009 at 12:17 am
Wonderful sky and playful clouds. Great picture. Have a nice weekend!
June 19, 2009 at 12:23 am
Beautiful blue in your skies! The goldfinches in NC were a treat for us too! We see other finches here in Maryland, but I have not seen goldfinches. Welcome back to sky watch!
June 19, 2009 at 4:35 am
Welcome back Louise!
I like your big white clouds.
June 19, 2009 at 6:51 am
welcome back! big fluffy clouds and blue sky, lovely!
June 19, 2009 at 7:11 am
Beautiful clear colours of the sky and the clouds as well. Like it!
Thanks for visiting my skywatch!
Have a nice weekend!
June 19, 2009 at 7:43 am
hi louise and welcome back.
ahh…the silver dollar in branson…visited there one time long ago.
beautiful capture.
have a fab weekend.
June 19, 2009 at 9:41 am
Nice photo, Louise!
I am glad to hear about you. Thanks for your visiting and comment on Leaves of Grass.
June 19, 2009 at 10:20 am
Very serene and lovely capture!
June 19, 2009 at 10:50 am
Hope you had a great time away! Nice to see blue sky!
June 19, 2009 at 11:05 am
I see a smiling face among the clouds. Welcome back and I hope you had a good time from your “vacation break”.
June 19, 2009 at 1:32 pm
So glad to see you back in the blogging world. Glad that you were able to get away for a bit and hope that you enjoyed your vacation. You deserve it. I am looking forward to my upcoming vacation to the St. Louis area more specifically O’Fallon then I’m off to AL for the remainder of the vacation. I’ll only be gone for a little under two weeks though. Wish I could take three weeks, oh well maybe next year. Enjoy your catching up and relax this summer.
June 19, 2009 at 1:50 pm
We had a few lovely summer showers today in NL. Lovely downpours, the ones that only last a few minutes and then the sun comes out in full strength again.
June 19, 2009 at 2:09 pm
What a beautiful sky. I just love those thick, billowy clouds against the sky.
June 19, 2009 at 2:22 pm
As Pam said above, it looks exactly like a Florida sky…before the darkening clouds, rumbling thunder and pounding afternoon rain.
Thank you for visitng Tampa Daily Photo.I’m glad you did. Your friends have missed your postings, so welcome back. Do visit me again soon and often.
June 19, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Awesome sky! Wish we’d have skies like these in the SF Bay Area. I can see a face in that cloud…it looks like a monster. Hope you had a nice vacation. Thanks for visiting my SWF photo.
June 19, 2009 at 7:08 pm
nice fluffy clouds, thanks for sharing
June 19, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Lovely summer sky 🙂
Happy SWF!
June 19, 2009 at 8:47 pm
The perfect backdrop…A bright blue sky with mammoth white puffy clouds! Beautiful…Have a great weekend !
June 19, 2009 at 10:14 pm
The clouds do make for a great sky photo. When it is all blue, it does not make as good of a picture, well for me it doesn’t.
June 19, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Very pretty. I love the contrast of cloud and sky!
June 19, 2009 at 11:42 pm
Hi Louise, these are pretty clouds. Did you know all Midwest clouds come from Texas? Well, I guess you do since you have read my blog today.
I will have to come back to read of your journeys. My cousin lives across the border near Garfield, Arkansas. We have been through there a lot on the way to Nebraska.
Happy SkyWatching, thank you for peeking in. I am sorry every day wasn’t as nice and pretty like the one in your picture. 🙂
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June 20, 2009 at 12:12 am
Beautiful clear sky.
Hello Louise, nice to see you again.
Regina, Philippines
June 20, 2009 at 6:52 am
we are hoping it would rain here too..
June 20, 2009 at 8:21 am
The sky certainly was a beautiful blue that day.
I love the drive up from Conway, AR through Branson, MO and up to Springfield. Beautiful country.
June 20, 2009 at 9:48 am
I love that lamp post. I see what you mean about the humidity and blueness. Cool capture.
June 20, 2009 at 11:52 am
Welcome back Louise, we’ve missed you! 🙂
June 20, 2009 at 7:10 pm
Welcome back. I like the beautiful blue sky — it looks a lot like our skies here in Tennessee lately. I hope you got rain to cool things off.
June 20, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Oh, how beautiful! It’s been a very rainy June here in NJ, so this looks divine!
June 21, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Great summer skies! I’m glad you’re back. I couldn’t believe that it had only been 7 weeks since you last posted. It seemed like forever.
June 21, 2009 at 11:26 pm
Hey woman! I had been wondering about you. 🙂 That is a pretty sky! Good ole’ MO!
June 22, 2009 at 7:18 am
Really a nice post. I enjoyed the words and the photography. Sounds like he is Mr. Everything.
June 24, 2009 at 8:03 am
I like the lamppost against a most interesting sky. We’ve had a lot of rain in our (usually) dry country.
July 17, 2009 at 4:06 pm
Having lived in humidity, I know what you mean about the sky color.
That is a nice shot.
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