We had rain overnight and most of the daylight hours, on and on…so we rolled with it and had a low-key day, with a mid-afternoon trip to the nearest groc-shopping hub. As we crested Dollarville Hill, the view north across the Tahquamenon Swamp was so obscured we could only see the south edge. A rain-everywhere situation does indeed bring obscurity.
Now that evening’s here, the sky is overcast and everywhere outside is wet. Cool temps are predicted for tomorrow—sounds like it’ll be a good work day….
Posted at 8:42 PM |
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This morning was dreary after night-rain, and I walked the beach in my rubber boots. I very much liked this contrasting dark-light sand at the shore, as well as the not-quite identical repeating pattern.
Our Sweet Neighbor joined us for dinner, and brought us flowers! I call them lilies-of-the-coffee-table. As you can see, the gloomy morning turned into a sunny rest-of-the-day.
Posted at 8:58 PM |
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No stormy around here…all sunny and humid.
Posted at 9:57 PM |
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I usually keep an eye on the weather predictions for the immediate future where I am, yet somehow I managed to momentarily be surprised that a storm/rain front would be coming through “roit-now.” Which it is.
Posted at 9:44 PM |
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This morning when I was out (and found this beauty), it was quite breezy. Later, it became darned windy, with enough wind to shake the house just a bit—upstairs anyway. Finally, it’s calmed…some.
Posted at 9:37 PM |
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Yup, it’s THAT season, when the peonies are in bud…
…and new growth sports that special spring green.
Posted at 6:38 PM |
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We did see the eclipse. We perhaps didn’t prepare our recording equipment for the event. This is taken with a “real camera,” that is, one that you can’t talk to, with eclipse glasses held in front of the lens.
Here’s the total eclipse—again, not a stellar photo, yet still a wonder. Phenom witnessed, photoed, and oohed over…so we hopped back in the car and turned south into what became a series of traffic jams. Remember, we were in southern Illinois, and we had only a few bridges near enough to get across a major river. [We heard that an academic prognosticator in Carbondale estimated at several hundred thousand folks would visit southern Illinois to eclipse-watch.]
En route, we encountered a double rainbow—with both ends on the ground! Sorry, not shown. I saw no leprechauns or pots of gold, although I had a good view of the rainbow-feet. Still, we took it as lucky…
…that we encountered the front that brought this a few miles before the hail, and, as it happened, we only had to drive through hail-on-the-ground, not plummeting hail, whew. We motored along with great care between hail-piles, and within two miles, were out of the ice and headed for our traffic-jam fate. For the record, we reached home safely at 12:45am, at about the end of my energy.
After seeing photos today of Etna’s “smoke rings,” I wonder if there’s another phenomena sighting we should put on our short list?!!—and perhaps arrange tickets???!! 🤣 Kidding.
Posted at 8:37 PM |
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We began an overnight gallivant today, first driving along the Rome bypass to avoid traffic snarls, as one would, then crossed big water (but not wide, as you can see), and we’ve stopped in Paris.
At some point the wind kicked up and we drove through a few sprinkles.
We now feel we are positioned to see the total solar eclipse tomorrow. Let’s hope the weather cooperates.
Posted at 10:23 PM |
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I took a morning walk to beat the rain than came in at noon, then spritzed intermittently since. I assume this pollen “paint” is now in the gutter.
Posted at 7:52 PM |
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I did another blooming check (early? late? same?), and with spotty data over the last few years, I’d say “about the same.”
Posted at 9:00 PM |
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