{"id":1740,"date":"2015-08-10T07:36:43","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T08:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1740"},"modified":"2015-08-11T05:53:33","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T06:53:33","slug":"the-skies-have-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1740","title":{"rendered":"The skies have it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"The skies have it\" data-info-url=\"\" data-backend-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gft\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit.jpg\" data-url=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/?p=1740\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"color\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>Mary once commented to me how interesting are the skies we have in Scotland.\u00a0 We had flown back home after a holiday abroad, where all we could see was blue sky.\u00a0 Our Scottish skies are wonderful and varied.\u00a0\u00a0 As I write this morning, I am looking out of the window at the Cromarty Firth.\u00a0 The water is a bright blue, the oil rigs parked in the firth are brightly illuminated in the sun, the sky is blue and there are white clouds drifting past.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday there was a lot more cloud cover, making spectacular dramatic skies.\u00a0At times the sun would peek through, or there would be the streaks of rain showers \u00a0on the distant hills.\u00a0\u00a0 Little wonder yesterday&#8217;s pictures focussed on skies.<\/p>\n<p>And it all started at dawn.\u00a0 I took\u00a0the picture through the window, looking east towards Nigg as the sun came up.\u00a0\u00a0 Yes the skies have it!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1739\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1739\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1739 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20412637402_f6afe9438a_o-Edit-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1739\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cromarty dawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1744\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1744\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCF1722.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1744 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCF1722.jpg\" alt=\"DSCF1722\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCF1722.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCF1722-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSCF1722-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looking west towards Invergordon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1745\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1745\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_4604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1745 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_4604.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_4604\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_4604.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_4604-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.couttsweb.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/IMG_4604-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1745\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sea of wild flowers on the shore<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mary once commented to me how interesting are the skies we have in Scotland.\u00a0 We had flown back home after a holiday abroad, where all we could see was blue sky.\u00a0 Our Scottish skies are wonderful and varied.\u00a0\u00a0 As I write this morning, I am looking out of the window at the 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