I have always been fascinated by the powers of the Universe and by the beauty of the skies, especially the cloud formations. I spent many years taking pictures of these beauties and had a bunch of them in an album. Now this was back in the day when you took the roll of film out of the camera and took it in to the store to be developed. At that time you got an actual 4" x 6" picture that you could put in an album. 
One of the most beautiful pictures I had was one entitled "The Wyoming Cloud". Now granted the skies in Montana are one of the most spectacular sights in this world, but the Wyoming Cloud was a true work of art. Alas, like all things bright and beautiful, my album was doomed. Enter a son in law! Open season for the Bronco's. Stir up my natural desire to wager.We started out small, "Here is a lovely shot of a cumulus over Pikes Peak. " Well rats! What are those Bronco's doing? "OK, this Buttermilk Sky over Fowler on the way to Kansas the day after Al died." Crap! Now I was sure the Bronco's could not lose every game, so I was finally down to the wire. "Alright, Jimmie, the Wyoming Cloud against all the others you are holding. This will put me back in charge of my album!"
What is that famous poem that says something about "Ah, somewhere birds are singing and somewhere children shout, but there is no joy in Mudville, for mighty Casey has struck out!" Or something to that effect. Who would have ever dreamed that the mighty Denver Bronco's could lose every damn game!
So there I sat, a defeated woman and the new son in law! Now one would think that a boy in his position would have been eager to please, but such was not the case. I have the album and a few scraggly clouds that no one really cares about and somewhere over at Jimmie's house in the bottom of a box buried in a closet is the beautiful Wyoming Cloud, lost and forgotten.
But Bret took these for me one afternoon while I was gone and he just thought they were pretty. I had one as the wallpaper on here until he got his new bike and now he sets there on his Harley smiling so I can see the $6,000 worth of dental work. And why did I get up this morning thinking about that cloud in Wyoming? I miss the days of dropping my film off to be developed. I miss the jumping in the car and going somewhere far away on the spur of the moment. I guess the cloud represents a part of my life that is gone and forgotten and it is just another thing I need to let slip away.
Life does take it's little twists and turns on the way from the cradle to the grave, doesn't it?
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Clouds do bring back fond memeories. My favorite is sitting their watching them and making different pics out of them on a nice summer breezy day. aahh the good life and yes i remeber those day's going to have the film developes and yes getting to fill up your photo album. We went from deveoping to digital, What changes we are in
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