Yesterday was another near
summer day. Uneven heating cooked the cumulous cotton puffs into boiling storm
clouds creating a perfect thunderstorm. Summer officially begins this Thursday
and the weather patterns of the season and region are upon us.
A little while ago the
dappled bright of a partly sunny day sprinkled my meadow and trees with a
waving pattern of afternoon light. Slowly the skies became shrouded with a dark
gray pall of thickening clouds. A fierce wind cut a path for an oncoming storm.
It shook the Oaks and Maples awake to see the glory, if not the fleeting grandeur
of a summer thunderstorm.
Darkness emerged. It was like
a closed theatre curtain before the opening act. Then a snap of light and the
curtain rose. It was an instant dazzling flash like a light bulb’s dying moment.
A vivid brilliance flooded the field with intense light. A deafening crack of
thunder shook the house announcing the storm just before a pelting rain sheeted
my view of the lower meadow.
What a great storm!
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