The colors slip into the sky

I was walking back to my car from my usual Tuesday night coffeeshop visit, and I could feel the electricity in the air whenever a storm is brewing.
The clouds were thick overhead, and while it was already dark, they produced this eerie glow over the town, caused by all the light from Princeton being refracted off the clouds.
The last time I really bothered to notice it was several years ago, when I was in NYC with friends to usher in the New Year in Times Square. One evening after a museum tour, we made our way out to a snow-covered Central Park. There were families and folks gathering on a decent sled hill, and when we got to the clearing, I looked up and saw the most amazing sky. It was rather late, but unnaturally bright and the sky was a cool orange.
Anyway, I looked up tonight and really took the time to pay attention to the clouds and the effect of the "light" in the nighttime. It makes for an interesting contrast between the buildings and the sky, and they seemed to pop up from the background. I probably looked at them in greater detail than I have before, and somehow time seemed to slow down. For the first time in a while, I was rather relaxed.
What a nice feeling! I shall do it more often.