As Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I worked our way back toward the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood this half-and-half spring Sunday afternoon, we couldn’t help but note the sky above.
Part gray, part blue.
April prepares to give itself up to May, and the see and the saw of this dance was somewhere in the middle of the fulcrum today. Temperature, 50s F. Grass, greening. Trees, some budding, others bare. Sky, blue and gray in some portions, gray and blue on others.
Enjoy the angles in this gallery surrounding our blue house. We certainly did.
Click on a photo for a description. Click on the bottom right photo for an enlarged slide show.
Is it totally one way or another where you live today, or a half-and-half day? Are you seeing more spring or more summer of late? Which photo is your favorite, and why?
Mark Bialczak 
I love EVERY SINGLE ONE of those photos, Mark! And here, it’s a mid-August kind of day. Every day is a mid-August kind of day. Ugh!
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Ugh to that, Rachel. I hope you are enjoying a day off from shooting the commercials nevertheless, my freind. 🙂
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“April prepares to give itself up to May,
and the see and saw of this dance was somewhere in the middle of the fulcrum today.”
Mark, you write about everyday things every day, but you awe us when we round a corner of your homey neighborhood and encounter one of these Easter eggs of beauty you’ve tucked there for us.
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Babe, thank you so much. BloggyVille is here for us to reflect the sparkle that bounces off everyday objects when you look at them a certain way. I appreciate that you get that.
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Beautiful!
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Thanks, Maria. I can’t get exotic flowers from your part of our world, but I try my best with I’m given. 🙂
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love the half and half sky. like salt and pepper. we’ve had weather that is up and down, in and out, warm and cold, and not sure what season it really is )
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You, too, Beth. Ann Arbor and Syracuse are the Yin and Yang of the salt and pepper sky sometimes. 🙂
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Gorgeous skies! We’re still quite springy here. Lotsa wind 🙂
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Too much wind blows, Joey. Ba-da-boom. 😉
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Oh the big puffies! Love the big puffies! What my pre School students would call those big cumulus clouds!
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Big puffies is a great description for all ages, Nancy. 🙂
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Love the photos. We call those days “sun breaks”. We are in the 70’s today and the low 50’s tomorrow. Isn’t variety the spice of spring? Or is that the price of spring? 🙂
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One day’s spice is the next day’s price, Fannie. You got that right. 🙂
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They could be anywhere clouds, but knowing they are Central New York clouds makes me kinda nostalgic for my childhood.
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I know you’ve seen these skies before, Scott. I think they’re definitive as CNY. 🙂
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April prepares to give itself to May…how poetic of you, Mark. Lovely sky photos.
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Thank you, Red. I try, I do.
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I love it how you and your iPhone always find the beauty in things. 🙂
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Have phone, will shoot photos, Mrs. B. Ellie B is accustomed to my antics. 😉
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Love the one with the sun peeking through the clouds! It’s so uncommon here. 🙂
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It has been so far this spring, Debbie. 😦 Maybe May will make up for it. We can hope, can’t we?
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Absolutely!! 🙂
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Wow! It looks like spring! (I was thinking you’d be a week or two behind us.)
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Not that far behind. Just 250 miles, and that’s west as well as noth, Wormy. 🙂
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Yay, blue skies and sunshine with some fluffy white clouds. 🙂
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Good news, Deborah, or do you need rain at this point?
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I was talking about your pretty photos. 🙂 I almost hate to say we have had a beautiful long Spring. But yes we do not have enough rain. So we are all cutting back on watering. We let our front yard lawn go. We want to redo the landscaping with some drought tolerant stuff. But it is expensive to get landscaping done. So it is still on the drawing board. I was out front digging up a ton of weeds today. I’m pooped. Gonna chill now. 🙂
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Thanks for the kind words about my photos, Deborah. Sorry to hear you have to let your front lawn go because of the drought. That stinks. You’ll come up with a good plan. I have faith in you. … And weeding is a tough job. Take a rest.
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Awesome photos. I think the last one is my favorite. 😃
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Thanks, Teela. The sun is very great, I agree. I hope you are seeing it and being able to enjoy it, too, my friend.
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I like the lower left one with the pines. We’re 4 degrees away from 90, preparing for the usual 6 months of summer.
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Be ready for the long warm, Kerbey. I hope that also means your hay fever goes away, too.
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Mine is okay. My son is literally sneezing several times a minute. At least 100 times today. With new Claritin. Thank you, weak drugs.
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That’s a drag for everybody. God Bless You, Kerbey’s son.
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Nice pics… we’re 50/50 here, but all I can think of is how much I want the Jays to win, now. “lol”!
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They can always close the dome, Resa. 😉
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“lol” 🙂
Yes, they can close the dome. 🙂
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We are completely overcast here Mark – should see some of your nice puffy clouds in a couple hours I hope.
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I hope it makes its way to you, Wayne!
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Today it’s all blue! Yesterday it was a mishmash of rain and clouds. But sunny and blue today my friend!!!! 🙂 And it looks goooooooooood!
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Hooray for your good blue skies today, MBC. 🙂
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I was sad there were some cold skies over the weekend, for my younger brother and grandson’s Boy Scout long hike in the rain, long two nights in the cold. but they survived! I like the sunny blue skies with the white cotton-like, billowy clouds you captured, Mark!!
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Bad for your brother and grandson’s scouting trip, yes, Robin. I shiver for them after the fact. Ouch!
Cotton clouds are nice, aren’t they?
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This is what I told Diana Schwenk that I missed about Syracuse – the gray skies. Lovely blue skies in your photos, too. I think I might enjoy the cooler temps you’re experiencing. In our neck of the woods, it’s partly cloudy and looks like it might rain, 43 percent humidity and 93 degrees F. In other words: HOT. 😉
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Wow, Judy, the heat and humidity machine has cranked on already, hasn’t it?
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Yes, it has. This is only the beginning of what I suspect will be a long, hot summer.
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It is about the same here in Ottawa Mark – except it is cool, about 5 C or about 41 F. I did some grocery shopping and got some great bargains on pork and chicken. That makes it look brighter than it is. 😀
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Hooray for butcher department bargains, Paul. I consider that a sunny moment, too. 🙂
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Great shots! I want me some of that!
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I want to share with you some of this, Jay! Boot it up north a batch. 🙂
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Mark, it looks like you’re finally leaving the door open US side. Gorgeous sky – my favourite? The one with the sun. 🙂
Diana xo
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Yes, somebody finally remembered to leave the dang door open, Diana! Thanks for your kind words, and love for the sun. ❤
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Reblogged this on Wilder Man On Rolling Creek and commented:
Mark’s blog. Enjoy the images & the good post.
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I like it, your appreciation for the beauty of nature’s art. Good post, bro.
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Thanks so much, Wilder. She does great work, doesn’t she?
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Great shot!
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Thank you so much, yummy!
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Beautiful clouds. We had a butt-kicker of a storm yesterday. The afternoon grew black, the winds howled! Rain poured! We had 60 mph winds ripping at the trees. I thought my young crepe myrtle tree was going to break in two. All is well. ❤
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Good news that your youngster crepe myrtle tree withstood the gales, Colleen. Wow, that was a biggie! Butt-kicker is a great description.
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LOL! Have a great night Mark.
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I especially like the photo of the sun shining through.
Our day here is pretty much the same.
PS: Your house is nearly the same color as mine. Is that freaky, or what?
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Ha! Serendipity in upstate New York, Cordelia’s Mom. Setting the tone for our blogger’s meeting. 😉
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It’s a half and half sort of day… Rainy and grey this morning, brilliant sunshine this evening! Last week we had a mini heatwave. ☀️
I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! 🙂
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Thanks, Amanda. You and I are having bookend weather across the ocean. Go figure. I hope you had a great weekend, too, my friend.
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Beautiful!
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Thank you so much, Kelly. I hope you’ve been having a great weekend in Cleveland. 🙂
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What a stunning post…breathtaking sky, fab shots!
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Thanks a bunch, Mentally Me. I appreciate your kind words. Drop by again, any time.
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It’s funny because here in L.A. it’s like the seasons are backwards. Spring is usually chilly and it’s always cloudy in the morning and then warms up in the afternoon. Makes it very difficult to decide what to wear!
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Go with long sleeves in the morning and short sleeves in the afternoon. 😉 I see, you have to choose and then go to work, Marissa. I get it now. That is hard.
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Layers is the best way to go.
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Off and on, on and off, Marissa. 🙂
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