There was a moment, a little before the sun rose, when a patch of clouds turned the most unusual, intense orange I had ever seen.
As the clock struck 7 59 p.m., the sun fell behind a patch of clouds like a white peach, and Steve Simon, an organizational psychologist, stopped for a moment at 132nd Street and 12th Avenue in Upper Manhattan with his eyes pointed toward the Hudson River.
"Contemporary art is the art of our time," Broad said, the Diller Scofidio + Renfro building behind him shimmering as the sun peeked out from behind a patch of clouds.
But even there, I've been trying to discipline myself to look at these window and not just let my eyes slide over the familiar scene without taking in the quality of light, the way the trees on the terrace across the street look against the sky, the patches of cloud that float above the roofs.
The small storefront is cheerful, with sunny yellow stucco walls and a deep blue ceiling daubed with patches of clouds.
Katz's own marriage now features a green card, contentment, and cohabitation; John and Eleanor, poor things, continue to float along, with patches of clouds and sun.
The small storefront at this Yemeni restaurant is cheerful, with sunny yellow stucco walls and a deep blue ceiling daubed with patches of clouds.
This strategy works best when the selected color does not cover half of the area (blue sky with small patches of clouds) or only a tiny rectangle (a little red house in the mountain).
Even now, many people in this remote patch of Andean cloud forest celebrate the day in 1997 when they burned down the mining camp and ran its owners out of town.
The Congo River was beneath us as we rose through patches of low clouds.
Of course the best way to watch a meteor shower is in a dark location away from light pollution while looking at large patch of sky with minimal cloud cover.
