suns along the Mohawk

My favorite bench for reading and observing at Riverside Park is just east of Governors’ Lane.  It was an excellent place yesterday for viewing a great variety of cloud-scapes, while reading “Bright Futures,” the newest Lew Fonesca mystery by Stuart Kaminsky.  For example (click on a photo to see a larger version):

– mid-afternoon clouds over the Isle of the Cayugas, July 3, 2009 –

And, an early-sunset version of the same view:

The scene looking northeast, just before sunset, was pretty nice, too:

. . .

. . . as was the northwest view:

During this Independence Day weekend, frivolous cloud-watching and photo-snapping is a small liberty that I appreciate, in my lazy pursuit of happiness.   Happy 4th of July!

p.s. This time last year, we were all reading (and writing) about the “Viagara effect” of watermelon.  Find a discussion at my old f/k/a weblog, including haiku about both melons and fireworks.