I wanted to add a picture. For some reason it doesn't let me write everything down on the first post my words disappear as others have complained of.

Pretty sky !!

Post storm rainbow at the riverhouse.

test posting ... afternoon clouds at Watkins Glen racetrack

Love all these photos.

Ooo! That iris looks *delicious*! Is that buttercream there in the middle?

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I really don't know clouds at all

written by Joni Mitchell, best rendered (in my opinion) by Judy Collins

Thornbird has really subtle color. It looks different according to the age of the bloom, the light, the available moisture, the length of the day, the type of soil, and maybe the phases of the moon, I'm not sure. To me, here in my garden, the standards seem more of a smokey beige or cream rather than a buttery cream.

I see the chipmunk. edited to add that now the back arrow works on this thread.

The North Wind:

A circumhorizontal arc.

And a contrail with a shadow, and even a bit of circumhorizontal arc.

Yes Elmer that is exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks everybody for playing along.

Joni Mitchell it's clouds Illusions I recall

https://youtu.be/Pbn6a0AFfnM

To give equal time, here's Judy Collins' version

Both Sides Now, Judy Collins

I remember hearing a story that at the time, Joni Mitchell got incensed that Judy Collins recorded her song. She didn't like the arrangement and I think got miffed because the Collins version came out and was successful before hers. I'm not certain of this aspect of the story and I may not have that right. Whatever the cause, the song caused a rift between the two that I believe continues to this day.

Judy Collins is touring right now with her old flame Stephen Stills. They recorded an album together that's worth listening to. I saw them the weekend before last and can say that even in her late 70s, her voice is as beautiful as always. Both Sides Now was one of the songs she sang and it was lovely and received a standing ovation.

Totally OT, but I love this video of Judy Collins singing Someday Soon with the song's writer, Ian Tyson:

Someday Soon Live

Continuing, Tyson was the male half of the group Ian & Sylvia, one of the big names of the folk music era of the mid-50s to the 60s. Both Canadians, they met, ultimately married and performed until the 1970s, when they broke up as a couple and the act disbanded.

mama goose's link is to a cool segment of a Canadian Broadcasting Corp show from 1986, an Ian & Sylvia reunion. This has been available on YouTube for several years. A friend told me about it awhile back and I've watched it a handful of times and enjoy it very much.

In addition to Collins, also on the show were Gordon Lightfoot, Emmylou Harris, and Linda Ronstadt. I'm a big fan of I&S's music and on the show they perform two of their best known songs - Four Strong Winds (thought to be Tyson's greatest composition, an excellent version of which was recorded by Neil Young) and Lovin Sound. If you like this style of music (as I do), it's more than worth watching in its entirety.

The opening song is "You Were On My Mind", a song written by Sylvia but popularized as a Top-50 rock and roll song when recorded by a US group We Five. She's said she wrote it because most of the songs they performed, and the ones Ian wrote, featured Ian on the melody and her singing harmony. She wrote this one to give herself a song to sing the lead part on.

Ian & Sylvia reunion show

That Judy Collins album has always been one of my favorites, along with Carole King's "Tapestry" album.