Scary Storms.

The rain we've all hoped for has made

several appearances. Unfortunately, it

meant the return of the most unwelcome

Summer storms. Thunder, lightening

and high winds make for a few nights

of worry and waiting for calm. Ugh!

~ Chy

Thunder Storms.

After a beautiful weekend of warm sun and blue skies, we woke up to a very strong thunderstorm this morning. Rain, lightening (even a warning) and the loudest thunder that I've ever heard. We had storms thru the day, my first at hospice for the year. This picture is looking northwest and that dark cloud was very quickly over our building rain and swirling the clouds. We're under a warning tonight, and have sun, rain, lightening, thunder, wind and now it's calm but dark. Supposed to last thru the night and well in to tomorrow. I'm not sure what the purpose of thunder and lightening is but wish we could just have rain as needed, without all the drama! I got lots of work done, despite the noise.

Our cottage is pretty humid tonight. We'll likely turn the air conditioning on for a bit before we head to bed to cool everything down. Hoping it's not too loud thru the night. Our weekend was busy, so I'm feeling tired today. Fingers and toes crossed that the thunder gods let us sleep tonight!

Hope you had an amazing, quiet day today.

Namaste my dear blogging buddies!

~ Chy

Summer Rain.

We've developed quite a pattern here

in our area. Each day, it's sunny and

deliciously warm (but not horribly,

unbearably hot) and then it changes. 

 The clouds begin to form, moving fast

and then the wind picks up. The thunder

rolls and the lightening strikes. Finally,

the rain begins to fall, gentle at first.

Then the downpour begins. These shots

are from the veranda and I took them on

Monday night. I'll have to download the

ones I took last night while in town. I'm

sure it was a mini tornado that went down

the street I was on. Crazy all around and

then the clouds drifted off and the sun 

came out, like nothing had happened at

all. At least it's keeping our nights nice

and cool, great for sleeping and ever so

lovely for anything growing in gardens.

Not too many storms in the middle of the

night, which is when I truly hate to

listen to thunder and lightening!

How is the weather in your area this July?

Lots of warms days with storms or cool and calm?

Not a Fan.

It's another night of bright lightening,

followed by rolling thunder that builds

from a small rumble to huge crashes,

right over our house, it seems. I am most

definitely not a fan of these storms. When

we lived in town, the odd light show and

some accompanying noise wasn't too big

of a deal. But out in the country .... that

is a whole new adventure and one I don't

like to be part of. A trade off, for sure!

Our Bo.

Weeks of intense thunder storms and constant

rain have made our pup one nervous little

guy. He is always wanting to watch out the

windows now to see what's happening out in

the gardens. Rain everywhere, loud thunder,

big lightening and only bits of sun here and

there. I hope soon we'll have a reprieve so this

sweet pup can play outside with his boy.

Brewing Storm!

There is a storm brewing outside 

our window. An advisory has

been issued for strong winds

topping 90 km an hour 

and heavy, dreary rain. 

There is even a chance of a

powerful thunderstorm. We did

see streaks of lightening on the 

way home from the storm. 

We usually don't get storms
like this until July, so it's a bit
early but it has been a weird year
for weather. With rain showers in
the winter and snow in the spring,
this kind of weather doesn't
truly surprise me anymore

For tonight, we'll batten down the 

hatches and stay cozy. And hope that

the strong winds don't get worse. I 

love our trees and don't wish to see

any fall down as some have in the

past. Fingers crossed!