Wordless Wednesday – Summer Sky

Posted on August 4, 2026 by Eliza Waters
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48 Responses to Wordless Wednesday – Summer Sky

  3. Mark Lanesbury's avatar Mark Lanesbury says:
    August 5, 2026 at 3:05 am

    I love how you can look up and spy some amazing cloud formations or even just that blue that never seems to come up anywhere else. Even that lovely big bird in your shot was a surprise. Thank you 🤗❤️🙏

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  4. Cathy's avatar Cathy says:
    August 5, 2026 at 3:22 am

    Idyllic! I love those whispy clouds. And a buzzard?

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    • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
      August 5, 2026 at 6:16 am

      Thank you, Cathy. Actually, that’s a large dragonfly eating mosquitoes, yay! 👍🏼

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      • Cathy's avatar Cathy says:
        August 5, 2026 at 9:58 am

        I thought you were joking,but then read in the comments below about your Darner. We need some of them! 😄

      • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
        August 5, 2026 at 11:59 am

        Our tree swallows, which ate up to 2000 insects/day, have already left, so these dragonflies are most welcome to take their place!

      • Cathy's avatar Cathy says:
        August 5, 2026 at 2:22 pm

        We have housemartins keeping our mosquito population down. And they’ll be here until the first or second week of September. Yours fly south so early – where do they spend the winter?

      • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
        August 5, 2026 at 6:25 pm

        Martins eat tons of insects, lucky you. Our swallows fledged and were gone within 3 days. They usually stay until mid-August, but for some reason (possibly the drought and low water levels, resulting in low moz counts?) they left early. They winter in Florida, Cuba and Central America. Won’t be back until next April. I miss them already!

      • Cathy's avatar Cathy says:
        August 6, 2026 at 4:16 am

        Our housemartins build nests under the eaves and we had 18 nests this year! One came down in the June heatwave with three fairly large fledglings in it that weren’t able to fly… we fed them for two weeks (that was tough!) and then a local bird sanctuary agreed to take them off our hands to fly with their flock. What a relief! They had refused to take them at first because they were inundated with baby birds after the heatwave – especially swallows and housemartins.

      • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
        August 6, 2026 at 7:00 am

        I guess everyone suffers equally in extreme heat. Glad you were able to help… kudos! 👏🏼

  5. Alice's avatar Alice says:
    August 5, 2026 at 5:43 am

    Ripples, fluffies, puffs and a cloud-creature in the middle.

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  7. Dale's avatar Dale says:
    August 5, 2026 at 7:32 am

    Clouds are fascinating and never the same twice. Lovely, Eliza.

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  9. shoreacres's avatar shoreacres says:
    August 5, 2026 at 8:01 am

    I was fooled into assuming a bird was enjoying a cruise on the air currents; that had to be a really big dragonfly you captured against that beautiful sky!

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    • Eliza Waters's avatar Eliza Waters says:
      August 5, 2026 at 8:40 am

      These darners migrate through in August, they are huge! “The Swamp Darner (Epiaeschna heros) is a very large dragonfly native to eastern North America and is the only extant member of its genus. It is characterized by its dark brown body, bold green thoracic stripes, and large blue eyes (in males), with a total length of approximately 3.4 to 3.7 inches (80–94 mm).”

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  10. brightstardancing's avatar brightstardancing says:
    August 5, 2026 at 9:49 am

    Beautiful! 💙🤍💙🤍

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  11. Tranature - quiet moments in nature's avatar Tranature - quiet moments in nature says:
    August 5, 2026 at 11:48 am

    Aww what a beautiful sky Eliza! 🩵 xxx

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  12. Tina's avatar Tina says:
    August 5, 2026 at 11:58 am

    Swirly blue-n-white! A perfect August sky!

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  13. Karma's avatar Karma says:
    August 5, 2026 at 1:19 pm

    Love that summer blue!

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  14. krispeterson100's avatar krispeterson100 says:
    August 5, 2026 at 2:34 pm

    Like a painting!

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  15. LightWriters's avatar LightWriters says:
    August 5, 2026 at 3:29 pm

    🤗🤩😎😌🙌🏼

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  17. tomwhelan's avatar tomwhelan says:
    August 5, 2026 at 5:17 pm

    I completely missed the dragonfly until I read the comments. Gorgeous sky, especially the faint ripples in upper center.

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  18. willowspring66's avatar willowspring66 says:
    August 5, 2026 at 5:42 pm

    i love seeing things in the clouds. thank you!

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  19. willowspring66's avatar willowspring66 says:
    August 5, 2026 at 5:42 pm

    i love seeing things in the clouds. thank you!

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  20. Anne's avatar Anne says:
    August 6, 2026 at 4:07 am

    A dragonfly? You had me fooled!

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  21. Tails Around the Ranch's avatar Tails Around the Ranch says:
    August 6, 2026 at 9:15 am

    Such pretty cloud formations, Eliza.

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