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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Listen to the Clouds Head in the Clouds Amherst is a community of people who are fascinated by life, weather, clouds, nature, and all the places that take our breath away.

"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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June's Return Head in the Clouds Amherst is a community of people who are fascinated by life, weather, clouds, nature, and all the places that take our breath away.

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...