July 2020

Digital painting of an overcast day at sea. A flock of gulls are fishing, occupying most of the painting.

July 2nd

We report gull dinner time on an endlessly cloudy day; water splashing around, this salty smell in the air, the sound of wings fluttering, and birds shrieking.

Digital painting of some very voluminous and varied yellow clouds in a blue sky

July 1st

We report standing still and watching clouds moving, expanding, filling their part in the water phase diagram, reflecting shortwave light and ultraviolet energy back to space. We wish you a good day.

Digital painting of a view of a sunset sky through tall grass.

July 4th

We report secret cloud-watching spots. Oh, but is it still a secret if we show it to you?

Digital painting of a sunset sky with a heavy dark cloud starting to move away from the city.

July 3rd

We report: blue sky, at last. Good; we've got laundry to do, this weekend.

Digital painting of a windy day on big green fields. The sky is light blue with a few clouds, there are mountains in the far distance.

July 5th

We report wide open fields, and the sky, washed out by quick and sharp winds.

Digital painting of some bright orange and red clouds in a dark sky.

July 7th

We report occasionally staring in awe at the sky, thinking that if we ever attempted to paint it, nobody would believe we had really seen something that looked like this.

Digital painting of a cloudy night sky above the city, right at the very end of sunset.

July 6th

We report catching glimpses of darker skies at the edge of the city, where stars hide in silence.

Digital painting of a starry night, the milky way is visible.

July 11th

We report: it's late and far into the night, no way forward and no turning back, but somehow, light still reaches us.

Digital painting of a time just after dawn, in the middle of the countryside. A lonely house sits in the middle of a field, a few birds are flying off to the right-hand side of the painting.

July 8th

We report, bright and early, the lingering cold of the past night biting our cheeks, and humidity seeping through summer jackets.

Digital painting of the sun shining through thick white clouds.

July 9th

We report night in full daylight, our eyes catching the Sun in quick glimpses as it disappears behind the clouds.

Digital painting of the sky featuring long, wispy clouds striping the sky from one point at the horizon. ²

July 21st

We report, today, in the wild: cirrocumulus floccus, cirrus uncinus, cirrus spissatus. Our favourites.

Digital painting of a sunrise sky, the sun peeking out of some trees in the background and tinting them red in its light.

July 10th

We report the Sun nestled in the trees, setting fire to the air; good days ahead.

Digital painting of a sky right as the clouds are starting to leave after the rain.

July 12th

We report: right at the end of a rain shower. A few drops falling still; our expert is looking for the name of the smell that has emerged from the sun-drenched ground when it started raining. Petri-something, was it?

Digital painting of a sunset over a lake. The tones lean towards burgundy, maroon, and orange.

July 13th

We report calm waters. This should facilitate finding our way back. Since we're lost. Because our expert didn't pay attention to where we were going. But since they're an expert, it shouldn't be too difficult. Right?... Right.

Digital painting of a comet coming through the sky at dusk.

July 14th

We report: if you like wishing on stars, this one should count for about three wishes more than usual, according to our expert.

Digital painting of a blue sky with fluffy white clouds occupying its lower half. There are power lines and trees.

July 15th

We report internal debates about cloud edibility. Can we eat the clouds? Can we?

Digital painting of a landscape at dawn. The tops of the trees are turning orange in the light.

July 16th

We report deafening quiet; even the clouds seem to be standing still. There's no telling what could disturb such calm.

Digital painting of a dark grey sky above some buildings and trees; the buildings are brightly lit by the sun, contrasting with the dark sky.

July 17th

We report heavy, heavy skies; we may not be properly equipped to catch them when they fall, but we shall try.

Digital painting of a big cumulus at sunset, lit orange from the left side. Some trees appear in the foreground.

July 18th

We report: empty skies all day, an infinite expanse of blue, but as the sun shoots for the horizon, warm air is rising and condensing. Clouds appear and fill the immensity. What a trip.

Digital painting of a sunset view from above the clouds - but there are still clouds masking the sun.

July 19th

We report that we do not know how we got so high up, but we would really like to get down now. No matter how cool this view is. Listen, we are not ungrateful, we just have a fear of heights.

Digital painting of a twilight sky over the sea, the very last sun rays caressing the top of the waves.

July 20th

We report a long night ahead - we are starting to notice earlier sunsets and later sunrises, day by day.

Digital painting of a very overcast day. The darker clouds take on a blue tint. The sky hangs over some sort of plain or field.

July 22nd

We report: in between long, unsympathetic waves of warmth, we have gotten a hint of something different; the sky brought lower, so much so we thought we could reach out and capture clouds. The Sun was kept hidden all day, and we curiously did not miss it.

Digital painting of a tall sunset cloud in pinks and purples; it's curling in like a wave before it unfurls.

July 23rd

We report that we are maybe a bit too heavy-handed on the ocean analogies when describing the sky, but this wave a-coming looks like it might bring nice things with it.

Digital painting of a sunrise on Mars, a blue glow around a small sun above the jagged edges of the horizon. The rest of the sky is a desaturated reddish purple.

July 24th

We report: a long way from home.

Digital painting of a very cloudy sky with a ray of sun passing through and lighting a few clouds with a golden hue.

July 25th

We report an inspiring view. Indeed, we feel inspired to take our umbrellas out of our backpacks. Our expert calls it their expert instinct, we call it common sense.

Digital painting of a field in a mountainous area, at night; there are fireflies dotting the field.

July 26th

We report competition for the stars.

Digital painting of a partly cloudy sky above some yellow and green fields. The clouds are projecting shadows on the fields.

July 27th

We report endless games of lights and shadows on a bright day; the Sun will find us eventually.

Digital painting of a few grey and yellow clouds in a sunset sky; one of them is forming virgae at its tail, looking as though it's evaporating mid-air.

July 28th

We report that this cloud has frozen mid-air - not today, rain! We keep a watchful eye in case it tries to pull a fast one on us.

Digital painting of luminous clouds after sunset.

July 29th

We report; just as we had lost hope for light after the sunset, noctulescent clouds in the astronomical twilight.

Digital painting of a huge, fluffly cumulus hanging over the sea on a blue sky day.

July 30th

We report: caught in a dry and hot day, our eyes stinging from bright reflections on the sea. A summer day.

Digital painting of a big thunderstorm over a distant city. There's a clearing in the clouds in the top right corner.

July 31st

We report: the thunderstorm is just starting to move away, after being very angry over our heads. We have advised the thunderstorm that it would do well to try anger management methods; our expert figures there's only so much we can do to help.

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