This morning we were standing in the garage before our workout, looking west out the big open door at the rain that had started. Suddenly a bolt of lightning split the sky and hit the sheep barn. We could feel the blast of air compressed from it and the noise was incredible. We watched with bated breath to see if the barn started on fire but thankfully (and miraculously) it didn't. When we ran out to check, it hadn't even killed the electricity out there! The rain made it very humid so by the time we finished our workout with Kenji, we were drenched with sweat (some people pay to go to a sauna for that effect!). The rainshower hadn't lasted long so Pete and I decided to go for our 5 mile bike ride, although the clouds were moving in again. We watched the front move right over our heads like a ceiling as we rode. The air changed from nearly still to a light breeze from the south to a stiff breeze from the west for the last stretch of our ride. Then the sky cleared and we had blue skies and sunshine for most of the day.
This evening another big front rolled through and brought heavy, horizontal rain along with strong, gusty winds. The temperature dropped ten degrees as it came through and when it had passed, we'd gotten about an inch of rain. Towards sunset, the sky cleared once again and gave us a spectacular view to the west. I went out and walked around the farm, gulping in the cool fresh air. The prairie grasses and flowers were beaten down but I know by tomorrow they will be upright with their faces to the sun. The sweet corn in the garden is nearly flat from the wind and the ground under the apple trees littered with little green apples blown right off the branches.
The weather is never boring; although it brings a definite unpredictability to life, we glory in the variety. Especially when we can retreat to the air conditioned house after working hard outdoors!
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| Sunset panorama behind the prairie grasses and flowers |
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| The moon is just a hazy smudge in the sky |
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