Severe

We've been surrounded by severe weather lately

Watching this weather come in is pretty sobering

Fortunately our end of town has avoided the brunt all.  Mostly just rain for us which inspires me to get some pictures outside again

My flowers have been loving it

Truthfully it makes things so green and I like that so much

Yeah, I could use a spray bottle for shots like this but the are the real deal

I like reflective shots so...this happened

...and this...see me?

The storms eventually break up

There's hope in this for me every time

And then an even greater sign of hope

Note it's a double

Such a beautiful bow

Storms come and go

Some appear really violent

But eventually...

They break and fade leaving only hope and the promise.

Here's Looking At You

We found a beautiful turtle the other day...he's quite literally looking at you

Summer's approach is so wonderful to witness

The pond is so alive with frogs and birds

Note the handsome drake in the above picture.  This pond is such a joy to me

The view beyond is part of what I love so much about our state

The view may not be fancy but it's awesome to me

Simple pleasures they may be but I'm fine with that

Things like going out to witness amazing cloud formations always captures me

It brings me hope

There's enough dark clouds in life...how about the silver lining

Our blue sky is so clean and bright

and the sunsets...

They cap the day beautifully

Dog Days of Almost Summer

It's nice out there...really nice.  There's been heat, lots of rain and the plants love it...as this mushroom can attest

This big fellow was all alone in the front yard

My flowers are doing well too

Birds have been having many chicks...we've even found several eggshells

The sky is filled with awesome popcorn clouds

I love this time of year best of all

Not too hot, not too cold...just right

And where is the dog of this day?  Well, she's right here

At night the cloudy popcorn turns to brilliant hues

Evenings are alive with frogs and birds preparing to roost

If you're willing to wait the dying light is awesome

The end of another day God has made

Storm Crow

They sometimes called prophets of doom storm crows

Often enough this was used mockingly

But in my experience it's a fool who doesn't heed a valid warning

I'd just as soon get early warnings

Sometimes early warnings are proven false and the storm goes out harmlessly but beautifully

Was the warning false or should we recognize we've blessedly dodged what could have been far worse

These super cells make for wonderful sunsets

Thankfully we weren't trampled by the power within

...and the storm crow prophecies on...