Re: OT Clouds

When did you visit Quincy?? Haven't ever heard from someone who  
actually did!

Cathy, west central IL, z5b (Quincy)

On Aug 22, 2005, at 4:55 PM, Zemuly Sanders wrote:

> Most of you know I lived in Key West  for a long time, and while it  
> has some amazing sunsets, the most beautiful one I ever experienced  
> was from Sunset Park in Quincy, IL.  It just knocked me out.  We  
> used to have beautiful ones in the Mississippi Delta, too, but I  
> think they were the result of the sun setting through the boll  
> weevil poisoning. <LOL>
> zem
> zone 7
> West TN
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 1:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] OT Clouds
>
>
>
>> although it is a great sunset.. sure doesn't look
>> natural to us northerners...:)
>>
>> Chris used to have some awesome ones over the plains
>> and fields... maybe he will provide a link if he still
>> has them online.
>>
>> Donna
>>
>> --- james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Clouds can be really interesting. We have great
>>> clouds here all the
>>> time. There is an artist in Sarasota [teaches at
>>> Ringling] who seems to
>>> specialize in cloudscapes. Some friends of Ms
>>> Fatma's commissioned a
>>> very large painting for up under the skylight in
>>> their atrium. We went
>>> to the unveiling. Awesome. The colors were a perfect
>>> Gulf Coast sunset.
>>>
>>> Here's what the real McCoy looks like
>>>
>>> http://snipurl.com/h4u7
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 22, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart
>>> National Hearing
>>> Center wrote:
>>>
>>> > We've talked about who has the bluest skies
>>> before; Texas' big sky
>>> > seemed to
>>> > be the favorite.  Our skies here in Indiana over a
>>> year's time are
>>> > frequently grey, but we are experiencing some
>>> pretty blue skies right
>>> > now.
>>> > You'd think after 40 yrs in the same place there'd
>>> be nothing new or
>>> > special
>>> > about these skies for me, but yesterday, I was
>>> thoroughly mesmerized
>>> > by the
>>> > clouds.  I'd never seen any like them anywhere.
>>> They were off to the
>>> > south
>>> > and so solid, thick, and very white and their
>>> dimensions, from the
>>> > south sky
>>> > down to the fields  made them look like snow
>>> covered mountains in the
>>> > distance.  I'd never seen clouds quite like that
>>> before.  Lovely.
>>> >
>>> > Kitty
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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>>> Island Jim
>>> Southwest Florida
>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
>>> Hardiness Zone 10
>>> Heat Zone 10
>>> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
>>> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>>>
>>>
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