I was talking on the phone with a friend, and the sky was quickly changing. I put her on speaker, and while we continued the conversation, I tried to catch a shot of the lightning. It was striking just to the right of Mingus.

Surprise! What a treat! I had a visitor come right up to the window. And she hung right in front of me for a second or two, as if to say, “Hello”. The photos are blurry. Maybe that is what makes them so magical. Like little fairies.

I turned back to the sky, and there was a wall of rain. Then the light show started. I took too many photos to count. And I didn’t think I had caught the lightning. Woo Whoo! Look closely at slide four, there is lightning behind the tree on the right.

The following day, we had a bit more rain. And more glorious skies.
First a double rainbow.

I captured a lightning bolt in video, and was so excited to share it with you. I’ve been trying for two days to get the video to play. I wanted to edit it, the window frame was visible, and the end was choppy as I lowered the phone. But I couldn’t get it saved right. And I have done this before? Ugghh! Well, learn something new everyday. I edited it my phone. DUH. I didn’t know you could do that.

I had already saved these frames to share so here they are. The strike takes 12 frames. But here are just a few.

Later, over Mingus, a beautiful cloudscape.

And to the right…

How sweet to be a cloud. Floating in the blue!    

– A. A. Milne

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