Eyes In The Sky

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When I was a child we were lucky to have an old friend who lived along the Mohawk River and had acres of land. He let my dad have a garden there while we lived in the city. It was a gift from Uncle Bob who had all the big tools so all dad and mom had to do was take care of the garden plot. They planted, they watered, they pulled weeds and harvested fresh food all summer. My brother was older than I, my sister was a baby and I wasn't very old so we lazed around on a blanket and played. We had toys and books and mother nature. My favorite pass time was watching the sky. The white clouds in the blue sky fascinated me. We would search for interesting shapes. I imagine all children did that when the opportunity was there. As an adult, I still look to the sky on a beautiful day to see what I can find. The photo above is one I took while my husband and I were driving home from a vacation in the south. We had just crossed the border from the USA at Detroit and headed towards Toronto. It was a long boring ride. Until I saw a cloud up ahead that looked like a giant white stingray in the sky with eyes. I took several photos of it from afar and when we got closer I got some photos without power lines. Back then I was using an editing program called PhotoScape that was and maybe still is a wonderful free site to edit your photos. It is not compatible with my Mac so I am still looking for a new editing program. The only thing I changed in this photo was that white line (lip) under the mouth. It was not there and with the editing program I could clone pieces of the white from above to make a that lip. Pretty cool. Eh? Do you still have your eyes on the sky to see what you can find?