The Most Beautiful Thing in Nature: Clouds in Trees

by Charles MudedeA cloud is born... Charles Mudede
Returning to Seattle this morning from a family vineyard near Yamhill, Oregon, and crossing an area between Sunset Highway and the Columbia River, I saw the sight that a part of my soul always sucks in with the vacuum of my eyes and concentrates into a single point of satisfaction: clouds rising from or clinging to or weaving through the tops of evergreen trees. There are massive gas and dust clouds in deep space that are the nursery of stars. I