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Gail Graham Garside (Cloud Appreciation Society Member 43,705) spotted a gracefully dancing figure in Cirrus intortus clouds high over her home in Chelsea, London, England. It brought to her mind a song named ‘Ballerina’ written by her mother, Ruth Allen, now 94, who still enjoys singing and playing piano.‘I once had a ballerinaAnd she only danced for me.Such a graceful ballerina,But how lonely was she.I would gaze at her enrapturedIn her tiny mirrored world,Each reflection neatly capturedAs her ballet unfurled.On pointed toe round and round she’d spinAt my command, Ballerina would beginDancing with her own reflection…’