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Storm watching memories

Shelley

Storm clouds are deceiving.

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Looks of them intriguing.

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Colors appearing and then disappearing.

Swirling and turning.

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Omniscient ways cover the skies.

IMG_3101csskrupaRearing up with thunder and lightning, wind and rain.

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The daring line of threat paid no mind to us.

Leaving without a debt, as scary as it looked, it was just a fast-moving rainstorm.

Fields of corn enjoyed the rain you see.

Reminding me…and especially my Mr. how much we all love a good storm and how much we missed both of them – our daughters.

They, too, love to watch a good storm…

(BZZZZZ of the cellphone) Yep, knew it, a Snap Chat from our oldest – Storms brewing in Rochester, MN, too.  She was outside watching just like us.  No matter how many miles in-between, they disappear when fond memories of childhood appear.

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PS – How about you, do you like to watch storms?  Are you a storm chaser?  Who taught you the love of storms?  

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Published by Shelley

Letting my quirk out one post at a time.

29 thoughts on “Storm watching memories”

    1. Me, too! I was terrified of them as a child. Watching my husband’s love of it and teaching my kids to respect and admire storms taught me it was okay to watch them. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Happy safe storm watching to you!

  3. I look forward to good storms-it means I get to stay in and write! 🙂 On that note, the agreeable weather bids me to go outside so I am off to take my youngest and a neighbor on a photo hunt! Happy Saturday to you Shelley!

  4. I love the smell and energy of a storm. And that something so basic and natural as weather brings us together.

  5. Similar to colorful sunrises and sunsets, I love unusual cloud formations…even with storms (as long as they’e not tornadic). I’m in awe of the patterns and colors in the sky…it’s one of nature’s creative displays that one can only admire. Awesome photos, Shelley, and glad you had nothing more than a rain storm.

    1. Thank you, Mary, I love your descriptions of cloud formations. I’m the same as you – love all versions of the sky from sun up to sun down. Yes, me too, it was just rain!

  7. Since moving south, we see a lot more stormy weather than we saw in Chicago. It’s funny to see the TV weathermen go into emergency mode: it’s like they have a chance to play with all their toys. One afternoon it got as dark as the middle of the night before the thunder, lightning and torrential rain came. Hail, too, which can be a harbinger of a tornado. That’s when we head for the garage…

    1. Thanks for sharing your weather stories. I bet you miss the windy, cold, right? 😉 LOL Yes, that sounds about right with the weathermen and their toys! I’m not a fan of the torrential rain weather, we don’t have that here very often, but it has happened. Oh, my, I’d head for the garage, too!

  8. Really nice post, Shelley. Very poetic. Nice pictures, too. I’m always fascinated by clouds and the way the light changes the colours.

    1. Thank you, Sue, I appreciate you sharing your thoughts and your kind words of encouragement! Happy skywatching to you!

  10. I recall when I lived in my old town when I was really young I’d be scared of thunderstorms and I’d hide under the white couch lol. Though now I like a good summer thunderstorm.

    1. What, it wasn’t a red couch? 😉 I think we all learn to respect storms as we grow up, the more storms we live through, the more we enjoy them! Happy storm watching to you!

    1. Aw, thank you! Do your kids like the storms? I can just imagine their adorable little smiles watching the clouds roll across the sky!

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