in the clouds
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I dreamed that I was riding a beautiful pony, up and down the country roads, and far back in the green rugged hills; even way up in the clouds—riding, riding, riding.
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After a week of stormy weather across California, a break in the clouds provided a glimpse of a mountainous landscape transformed by snow.
From Los Angeles Times
The ceiling painting, signed by Meynier in 1822, depicts lauded French painters Nicolas Poussin, Eustache Le Sueur, and Charles Le Brun, who appear in the clouds among angelic figures.
From BBC
But by then I was soaring in the clouds, so I don’t know if she heard me.
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“It’s covering an area 15 or 20 miles in length and it’s going clean up in the clouds now. It’s … black … it’s unbelievable … It keeps boiling … at the bottom, boiling and boiling.”
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