My #DailyGratitude this morning is a video

Of my funny pets. (Notice how Ella always looks to me afterwards? Like, "Did you see that?")

Evening Cloud Painter #DailyGratitude

Rounding out a lovely day of clouds/

Morning cloud painter #DailyGratitude

In a fancy mood.

Cloud Painter composing? #DailyGratitude

I didn't hear music. But these little puffs of clouds on contrails looked like notes on a scale to me. (Four photos.)

It's in the angles #DailyGratitude

You have to really bank those turns. (Even if the other guy doesn't.)

While most plants wither in drought... #DailyGratitude

...the succulents in my window box are thriving.

Incredible wing tips #DailyGratitude

Turkey vultures are not very attractive birds, but in the sky with their wings spread, they cut a striking figure.

Behind every good dog... #DailyGratitude

...is a pesky little cat brother. Stealing her bed, or worse.

Morning routine. I cover the dog... #DailyGratitude

...the cat comes and unwraps her like a big present. Oh, that face full of mischief. 

Cloud painter goes to town! #DailyGratitude

Four photos.

Three ducks on a rock #DailyGratitude

Aren't ducks supposed to love water? They always seem to be trying to avoid it. (Two photos.)

Looks like two, but it's three

See? Three.

Carmel Beach #DailyGratitude

Four photos

Somebody caught a fish

Pacific Grove monarch habitat #DailyGratitude

A little early in the season, but I was there today with my friend Andrea Hurst, and the earlybirds were beginning to gather. (Five photos.) 

That new butterfly #DailyGratitude

I saw another of those new butterflies. And now I have forgotten again what it's called.

Cloud animals #DailyGratitude

I'll tell you what I see in these four cloud paintings, and you tell me if you see something different.

1. Two puppies play-fighting (one is on his side, back paws toward us).

2. Aardvark, faced away (not sure what's on the ground in front of him).

3. A dog with goggles driving a convertible with a baby elephant in the back seat.

4. A dinosaur (or a short-nosed crocodile) taking a BIG bite. (With a halo!)

Donut hole cloud heart #DailyGratitude

The Cloud Painter makes a heart out of clear blue sky.

Dear hawk, thanks for calling #DailyGratitude

If they didn't have that distinctive cry, I'd never know they were sitting in the trees outside my house.

All volunteer #DailyGratitude

The only explanation for this is a dormant tomato seed in the compost.

High surf today! #DailyGratitude

Three photos.

Relaxi-Cat #DailyGratitude

I can't tell you how often I want to ask Jordan, "Comfy enough?" (Three photos.)