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Go forth under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings.
- William C. Bryant (American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post.)

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...the sky is the most accessible piece of nature for most of us, city dwellers...

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When the evening is still, or when the morning is merely showing...
Take a good look at a tree... you can listen to it growing...

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A certain recluse, I know not who, once said that no bonds attached him to this life, and the only thing he would regret leaving was the sky. - Kenko Yoshida (Japanese Buddhist Monk)

Araucaria heterophylla - Norfolk pine

The Plant
The Norfolk pine, or Araucaria heterophylla, came from Norfolk island, a small island in the Pacific ocean. It has a distinctive shape and makes a great silhouette.

The picture and personal take

I'm not sure if I'm featuring the Norfolk pine here, or Cook's pine (Araucaria Columnaris or New Caledonian Pine), but after comparing the silhouette/ description, i think i'm closer to Norfolk pine.

The pictures were taken somewhere near city hall. I like how the colour of the tree contrasts with the church.

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Happy Chinese New Year!

Sky picture depicts Carps swimming upstream! 年年有余！
(余 means "having more than enough to use" and sounds the same as "fish" in Mandarin.)
HUAT AH!

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When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth.
- Diane Ackerman.

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...clouds are like the flora of the sky...

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I really, really like looking at the sky.

I've been thinking of how the layers of the clouds are like layers of leaves on trees or plants... or the layers of plant leaves are like the layers of clouds. Think about how the shape and details of clouds and plants changes when one passes them - as in, when one's perspectives change.

I ever came across the idea of how the sky is the last accessible nature to many of us city-dwellers. Working in the office... windowed or not, we're indoors most of the time... there's really not much chance to look at the sky... If you're lucky, you chance a glimpse in the morning, before you rush into work, or at lunch, or knock off early enough to see it for a while before going on a bus or train, before night falls...

I thought to include this "sky segment", where will try to publish a picture of a sky every Sunday, before the work week starts, to share my delight and humble appreciation. Hope you will enjoy it.