“Bright, cool exhilarating. Clouds about five percent. Another glorious day of rambling, sketching and universal enjoyment.”
John Muir
I’ve noticed John Muir likes to describe what each day is like in his Wilderness Journals by giving each day a percentage of clouds. So not only was he a botanist but he looked upward to see what beauty was above him.
6 Comments
Earl
An interesting and very scientific way of describing cloud cover by percentages. I would probably be more apt to use general terms for how many clouds there were…such as scattered, partly, mostly, etc.
Monte, a lovely image which certainly profits from that beauty above!
Monte Stevens
I’m with you on that, Earl. I’m not sure how I would rate todays weather. 70% cloudy this morning and 40% this afternoon. 🙂
Steve Skinner
Muir was a real interesting guy; he spent lots of time looking up, looking down, and looking around.
Monte Stevens
He had a way of seeing, that’s for sure. I also think he did a fine job of describing what he saw.
Mark
It is an interesting way. Today is 0% and rather boring for me. I find a cloudless blue sky quite boring, and relish the days like you have pictured here.
Monte Stevens
While driving home from the airport this evening I was in awe of the sky. The setting sun was working it’s magic in the east and west. The clouds were awesome, maybe 45%.