September 2021

Digital painting of a sunset sky in orange and red tones over a dark sea.

November 2nd

We report that time of transition of the Moon still looking quite full even as it is starting to wane. Almost got us, there, Moon, but we know your calendar too well to be fooled. Ha!

Digital painting of a dark grey sky with a few light grey clouds floating in it.

September 1st

We report that our expert interrupted their observation of the sky to offer the following quote: "Clouds in a blue sky is nice and all, but clouds in front of other clouds is a concept that begins to venture into the realm of the very cool and interesting. I like that."

Digital painting of a dark foggy night sky above the outline of a forest or some mountains. A streetlamp off-frame is projecting a bit of orange light from the left-hand side.

September 4th

We report: the night somehow feels darker from under the streetlamps. It is slightly foggy and the tall grass that brushes against our knees is damp. Our imagination keeps making up some tall tales over the noises and shadows around us, and we cannot seem to walk fast enough.

Digital painting of a bright blue sky with white cirrus and altocumulus floating.

September 3rd

We report: on the threshold between summer and autumn, there are sometimes a few days that feel breezy yet warm, light, and fragrant with sunshine. During those days, we unconsciously seek puddles of sunlight in which to sit and perhaps take a long nap.

Digital painting of a hole in a cloudy sky that lets a Sun ray shine through, and the blue sky appear behind the clouds.

September 5th

We report that Sun rays are simple in a sweet way. The clouds open up, and in their midst, the Sun shines straight through, no funny business. It is difficult to see when one is standing right underneath, but from a distance, the path of the light is clear and bright.

Digital painting of a dark grey sky with a slit of the last pink rays of sun coming through in the upper half of the piece.

September 7th

We report: there it is, the day is winding down and the light is dimming slowly. This is a feeling akin to the one we get when we get to lay down and close our eyes at the end of a long day, as everything around us takes on shades of blue and grey, and the temperature drops.

Digital painting of a white cloud formation looking like fish bones in a blue sky.

September 6th

We report cirrus vertebratus sprawled out across the sky. Though we hardly ever notice specific shapes in the clouds, it is hard for us not to see this one, a long spine-like shape that is taking up most of this corner of the sky. We paused for a bit to look at it more closely.

Digital painting of a light blue sky with a band of light grey clouds at the very top. There are some mountains and a forest underneath, with hints of autumn colours peeking in.

September 11th

We report: out in the woods, we noticed through the foliage how low the Sun was, and then the wind in the shadows. And there was something deep there among the trees - the smell of damp wood, a shift in colours, a bit of a chill. Not quite there yet, but we know what it was.

Digital painting of a single tall cloud emerging from a lower layer of white altocumulus. Its outline is lit up from the sun, and there are a few wispy clouds surrounding it. The sky is otherwise blue.

September 8th

We report that we sometimes find ourselves wondering how many people are looking at the sky at the same time as we are. We wonder where they might be, looking out a window or walking down the street, a hand held out to check for some rain, or a phone camera pointed at a sunset.

Digital painting of a dawn sky in pink and purple hues above some faraway mountains.

September 9th

We report: the colours in the sky today had a taste and a texture, sweet and downy. Those hues faded away even as the early morning was still wrapped around the mountains with lingering humidity from the night, and so too did we walk away.

Digital painting of a blue sky filled with multiple white and grey cloud cumulus.

September 21st

We report: it is the middle of the afternoon on a hot September day. Those always feel like rare and precious things, akin to the last fruits of the season. The Sun is beating down on us, although it is not quite as high in the sky; we can feel autumn coming at a gentle pace.

Digital painting of a grey sky filled with large cumulus, and phone lines running through the frame.

September 10th

We report a sky full of shimmering silver, the light revealing new layers minute after minute. There are days one would call cloudy, and there are the days when clouds keep coming in the wind, parading in all their different shapes and shades, glimmering in the hidden sunshine.

Digital painting of a blue sky with a small trail of clouds beginning in the lower right corner of the frame.

September 12th

We report: we craned our neck to look at some stray clouds and got lost in the blue. We found ourselves staring into it, not in any rush to look away; we felt truly carefree for a few minutes.

Digital painting of a small half Moon in a twilight sky, with a few clouds and trees framing it on both sides.

September 13th

We report about the Moon again. We had seen many moons, in the daytime, in complete darkness - we had cupped her in the hollow of our hand. Tonight, she was the same and different, as she is every time, and she was of a colour we knew but had never seen on her. It was precious.

Digital painting of a dark, steel grey sky with a silhouette of a bird perched to the lower left-hand side.

September 14th

We report: this is a long day, and the clouds seem perfectly still and unchanging in the languishing evening. We cannot remember what time it was when the sky started to darken, but it has been a long while, and the sky really has not changed much since. Everything seems frozen.

Digital painting of a late afternoon sky with golden sunlight shining from behind the clouds, making their edges shine. The clouds are both fluffy and blurry on their edges in some parts, and there is a bit of a veil on the light blue sky.

September 15th

We report that though the sky was quite cloudy for most of the day, and in the evening there came to be some mist, the Sun broke through for a bit. It revealed the shape of the clouds as it shone from behind them, and, and it poured into the fog, bringing a milky quality to it.

Digital painting of a beach with a grey sea and a light blue sky. There are some white fluffy clouds right above the horizon, and a few grey clouds in the higher part of the sky. There are two black birds flying above the beach on the right-hand side

September 16th

We report: today, the temperature of the sea is 16°C, the wind direction is 170°, the wind speed is 8 knots with gusts of 13 knots. The cloud cover is 20% with no precipitation and no risk of precipitation. The pressure is 1012 hPa. We wish you all a lovely day.

Digital painting of a countryside path between two fields. There is a line of dark trees in the distance, and two houses with a few windows lit. The sky above is quite dark, with rain but also twilight, either morning or evening.

September 17th

We report a sleepy path through the bit of cold that has been seeping into our mornings and evenings. We are teetering on the edge of light rain, a few drops here and there, but the wind seems to be carrying it away. We can hear some cattle and dogs in the distance.

Digital painting of a hole in a blanket of clouds, through which the blue sky can be seen. There is some cirrus falling down, like rain, in the middle of the hole.

September 18th

We report a cavum in the sky today, a hole through which something very big and very invisible fell. We have been searching in the general area underneath this fallstreak hole, to no avail, perhaps due to the fact that we were unaware as to what we were looking for.

Digital painting of a sunset sky in bright pink and red tones, soft and barely defined clouds.

September 19th

We report that during many moments of sky-gazing, we come to think - there is to us all a longing, a quiet, something that gets us to look up and stare. There is sometimes a moment of realisation of the things that exist far beyond us, and perhaps a desire for them.

Digital painting of a foggy night sky illuminated by the full Moon, with a row of dark trees in the lower half.

September 20th

We report: there was fog to get lost in tonight, and get lost, we did - we had no flashlights and the night was so dark. The Moon emerged from behind the clouds at last, though, and we did eventually find our way back between the trees (close as we were from our starting point).

Digital painting of a heavy sky with heavy rain falling from it in visible precipitation. There are a few lampposts in the distance, in the lower right corner.

September 22nd

We report enough rain to drown a town. Though it rained all day, the sky stayed the kind of shade that implies heavy clouds. We gathered ourselves for a walk under the silver waters, and it was good, to know more of that feeling of being irremediably soaked to the bones.

Digital painting of a sunset sky in pastel yellow and orange tones, with clouds of various sizes, shapes and textures.

September 23rd

We report: the evening started out nice and warm, and suddenly got a lot colder as the wind rose and the Sun set. We are told that this is something that happens quite often, if not on a daily basis. It is our understanding that this is even a natural and universal occurrence.

Digital painting of a grey cloudy sky with some geese very high up, flying in a messy V formation towards the top right corner of the frame.

September 24th

We report, in this place, geese are flying down South for the cold season. The sky is cloudy and the air is humid in the early morning, but we can hear the geese from where we stand, shaking the last dregs of our sleepiness.

Digital painting of a dark blue, starry night sky with some light purple cirrus coming in from the right-hand side of the frame.

September 25th

We report: it is the loss of light, at times, that makes every bit of colour, every last nuance much more intense. And the night falls, endlessly, and the darkness makes no promise of ever lifting then; but we remember the last sunrise, and trust there will be another tomorrow.

Digital painting of a big white fluffy cloud in a blue sky, with a strip of dark grey-blue right at the top of it.

September 26th

We report, this day again, we are looking at the sky - today, not out of a sense of habit, but certainly just because we know we can. There is space in the sky that is free to grab and fill ourselves with, and we want all that we can fit inside. We think we ought to.

Digital painting of a blue sky full of different types of white clouds, mostly cirrus.

September 27th

We report that the sky looks like someone combed through the sky, attempting to untangle the knots and sort out the clouds; obviously, they meshed back together right away.

Digital painting of a sunset sky in rose and orange tones against a dark blue.

September 28th

We report: the wind is cold tonight. Our cheeks are burning in the breeze, and our hands are numb in our pockets. As we stare out to the horizon, we feel strangely emotional, perhaps a little bit drunk from the air wheezing past our ears, and the clouds moving so fast in the sky.

Digital painting of the ocean at night, with a lighthouse, elevated on some rocks, sweeping the dark, cloudy sky.

September 29th

We report that it is the ocean that is able to eclipse the sky sometimes. The sound and the smell of it, and the presence of it in the air - and then, there's also knowing that clouds rise from and fall into the ocean. We know, in the darkness, how hard it is to separate the two.

Digital painting of a dark cloudy sky, with a few thinner parts through which light is beaming down.

September 30th

We report: when the sky started filling up with clouds, we went out to collect the laundry that was hung outside. The wind was picking up, and the rain certainly was not very far away, but we still took our time, quite happy to have an excuse to be enjoying this piece of weather.

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