March’s photo in the 2026 Head in the Clouds Amherst calendar was taken by Ellen Finkelstein at the UMass Amherst Campus Pond. A bench, geese drifting across the water, an adult and child pausing together. Sometimes the smallest shared pauses in ordinary places remind us what really matters.
Head in the Clouds Amherst follower, Barb Hahn, shared this beautiful photo from earlier this week. She sees an angel. A friend sees a mermaid with flowing hair. I’m seeing soft, feathery cirrocumulus.
Angel, mermaid… or something else?
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December’s featured photo in the 2025 Head in the Clouds Amherst calendar comes from Jennifer Murphy, who captured this sunrise at the Silvio O. Conte National Wildlife Refuge in Hadley. We completely agree with her sentiment: “Our valley produces the best art!”
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Hello, Autumn!
Shorter days, cooler nights, and skies made for stargazing. Here’s to balance, beauty, and a sweet New Year for those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. (Photo by Simi Rabinowitz)
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Cloud Appreciation Day = best day of the year 🌥️💫
Hundreds of photos + reflections from around the world are pouring into the Memory Cloud Atlas.
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"When I began to listen to poetry… I began to listen to what the clouds had to say." ~ Joy Harjo
Brittany Wolcott caught this sky in Maine—clouds, light, and water speaking all at once.
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When the sky decides to photobomb summer…
Low clouds roll over the Holyoke Range, making the cornfield and farmhouse look like part of a model train set.
Photo by Linda Repasky
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Finally caught it: The Dickinson Homestead under cirrus clouds worthy of Emily's “Hope is the thing with feathers.” A sky I’ve been chasing all year.
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The sky showed off today—cirrus fibratus, uncinus (mares’ tails), intortus, even unruly contrails masquerading as clouds.
Just wisps doing what they do best.
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July’s calendar photo takes us home—to The Homestead, where Emily Dickinson watched the sky and wrote the world. bit.ly/44hcESD
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There’s a hush in this one - a kind of radiant stillness just before the night takes over. #HeadintheCloudsAmherst #WesternMA #ConnecticutRiver #SummerSolstice headinthecloudsamherst.blogspot.com/2025/06/june...
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Head in the clouds, feet on the ground! #AmherstMA #HandsOff
Cloud Appreciation Society member, Macduff Everton, spotted Cumulus and Cirrocumulus clouds above a cast of Rodin’s sculpture The Thinker in Tokyo. "People have wondered what he’s thinking about," said Macduff. "It’s obvious, he has his head in the clouds." Credit: Cloud Appreciation Society
"Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow...."
~ Yusuf / Cat Stevens
Backyard bathed in moonlight - and moonshadow - late last night, Amherst MA
Wishing all cloudspotters everywhere a new year full of wonder and beauty. #spaceclouds #newyear2025
This cloudy extraterrestrial view of the earth was captured from the International Space Station by European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli.
Now winter solstice is upon us. Today will be both the shortest day and longest night of 2024. In this season of introspection and renewal, may you find strength in stillness, wisdom among the trees and rivers, and the inspiration to transform like the ever-changing skies above.