This is a cliche but how else do you say it? It thundered and the lightening lit up the night sky, while I groped around with a flashlight trying to make drip coffee without a dripolater. Do you remember dripolaters? June has hung on to a battered old aluminum one from the 50's and it does come in handy when you have a power outage.

I kept turning on lights, out of habit with no results. We have cancelled all of our plans for the day because we have been warned that more storms with hail are on the way. I put Bouncer and Rex in. All three of the dogs are frightened of storms. Sassy is just a little girl dog and she prefers to stay in the house all of the time. Rex can't stand to miss anything that might be going on out of doors but I guess he will just have to suffer. He is in until it stops and the sun peeks out of the clouds.

Texastar is probably having the same kind of weather we are.
These violent storms will probably continue until the middle of June.

That's the news from tornado alley.

Comments:

I just caught up on all of your posts. Boy, do I miss this place and these posts! We are still waiting for the rains ro begin, but they likely will not start until June. (We get summer rains.) While it is an unusually dry spring, at least the winter was not as dry as in previous years. Still, I wish the rains would start. It is overcast today... maybe?

Good Lord! You have a long rainy season! We need the rain, and you're getting too much! Our lights hardly ever go out because we have underground electrical wires. They do go out for very short periods - not very often - I don't know why, but they come on pretty quickly. Hope you get better weather soon!!!

comment by sunlight on May 8, 2008 12:01 AM ()

Green is always good!!!

reply by sunlight on May 31, 2008 2:13 AM ()

Many times it is just storms with no rain but this year we seem to be getting a deluge. The grass in the meadow is already knee high and I am drunk on all of this glorious green.

reply by elderjane on May 8, 2008 6:03 AM ()

hate to say it out loud--we have been having perfect 'tourist' weather--warm and sunny during the day and cool with starry skies at night--don't hate us!!

comment by greatmartin on May 7, 2008 7:37 PM ()

It sounds lovely. I like heat so much better than cold. It alternates between 80 degrees and 60 degrees this spring which is much wetter and colder than usual.

reply by elderjane on May 8, 2008 6:06 AM ()

My dogs bark at anything or everything. They try to bite passers-by. The Police avoid my block entirely. They are afraid.
There are no tornadoes in the Holy Land, but my dogs run from fireworks. I guess everyone has a chink in the body armor.

comment by bumpedoff on May 7, 2008 1:24 PM ()

Most dogs hate fireworks. Rex was abused when the neighbors had him and loud noises and any kind of stick you pick up scares him to death.

reply by elderjane on May 8, 2008 6:10 AM ()

Understand the feelings there with the dogs.
Buffy is the same way.Does not like it.

comment by fredo on May 7, 2008 9:42 AM ()

I guess most dogs are uneasy in storms. I had a german shephard once that used to hide in the closet when it thundered.

reply by elderjane on May 7, 2008 12:36 PM ()

yikes! Stay safe is right!

Stay safe.

comment by nittineedles on May 7, 2008 6:54 AM ()

we are doing our best..it is so noisy.

reply by elderjane on May 7, 2008 12:38 PM ()