What do you see?

We all know it, we all have done it, I am sure. It's no competitive game and - as far as I know - it doesn't have a name. It's an outdoor game, you can play it when there's sunshine, you can play it in the rain. In my opinion it's the most fun when there is a little wind.
You don't need much to play it - just clouds and fantasy.

A cloud is a visible mass of droplets - cirrocumulus, altostratus, cumulonimbus incus, just to name a few kinds of clouds. Don't worry, I stole that from Wikipedia and won't go on rambling about it, meterology is not my favorite subject.

Photo by Simon Eugster

With a little fantasy, though, clouds can turn into something else - dinosaurs, flowers, faces, cars and much, much more. Two people can look at the same cloud and see two totally different things. And a bit of wind can turn that dinosaur into a kitten!
Of course that doesn't only work with clouds. Try it with the pattern on a rock (a nice piece of jasper or agate for example), try it with soap bubbles or how about getting courageous and try it with a plate full of scrambled eggs? Fantasy will lead you into a fun world - and sometimes it'll make you think you are strange, but that's ok if you don't try to sell the scrambled eggs on eBay ............

It also works for jewelry. I picked pieces from three team shops quite randomly and I will tell you at the very end of the post what I see in them. Maybe you tell us what you see before looking at my answers, so they won't affect yours?
Have fun!

#1
Tiny bubbles, big cocktail ring by The Family Jewels


#2
Free spirit, sterling silver freeform circle necklace by MC Stoneworks


#3
Sterling silver beach glass pendant by ROCKnWOW


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#1
I bet you thought I'd say bubble bath. Wrong! I see frog spawn. Since I was a child I have been fascinated by frog spawn and tadpoles. When my husband heard that my mother took my tadpoles that a 5 year old me had gotten from a neighbor boy away to set them free, he got me a bowl with some tadpoles so that I finally could watch the miracle of them turning into little frogs.
What a fun ring!

#2
It must have been the subject that influenced me now because I see a cloud!
Free spirit is a great name for this piece I think, what could be more free than a cloud? The next time I look at one, I might wonder about what spirit it carries ...

#3
I see ice on half a gingko leaf. I know that doesn't make sense, but when browsing the shops it jumped into my eye and the thought jumped into my brain.
And it's lovely!