It was May 27 of this year, and I was going to go out and mow the lawn.  I stepped out of the front door to check the sky.  What I saw inspired me to go back in the house for the camera.  Here’s why:

I liked the look of those friendly fair-weather clouds.  I slipped the camera in my pocket and began my job.

Yes, it was going to be a great day.  Warm weather and a nice breeze.  What a perfect day for working outside.  It is not unusual to see contrails overhead.  We are under a major air-traffic route.  But it was time to get going.  Later, I was engrossed in mowing when I noticed the change in the clouds.

The clouds appeared as delicate brush strokes across the sky.  Don’t you love the dark blue of the sky?  All of these images are as they were captured by the camera.  I only re-sized them for faster downloading.  Soon the sky changed again.

Clouds had given way to clear skies overhead.  (You can still see a few wispy clouds on the left.)  It was neat how the contrails ended (or began) so abruptly.  I had a few swallows of water from the bottle I had with me.  This provided an excellent excuse to just relax and enjoy the scenery for a few minutes.  Then back to work.