The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, nineteenth century American poet
Gathering storm clouds
Hurricane remnants perhaps?
No, just a cold front
Tag Archives: clouds
Harbinger
Dark clouds incoming
Wind, rain are sure to follow
Illinois weather
Swirling Clouds
Sometimes our thoughts
Whip around like wild things.
Innocently enough, they
Race across our brains.
Lately, mine have done just that.
In fact, perhaps that’s why I
Need to take a break of sorts to
Get back to my happy state.
Crazy, isn’t it, how we
Let ourselves run to and fro,
Or round and round.
Utter confusion reigns supreme
Despite our best intentions to
See our world in a calmer state!
Note: This is an attempt at an Acrostic Poem. I took the picture thinking I might find something to write about; instead of prose, this poem popped out! I don’t foresee a formal break any time soon, but I really do need to get back to my novel-writing. That means I’ll have to do a better job managing my time, ha!
(Nearly) Wordless Tuesday
Sometimes a picture really does say more than a thousand words.
I’ve long been fascinated with weather. It affects all of us all the time, from the picnickers forced inside because of rain to the farmers frantic over a drought or early freeze.
Today we in Central Illinois are looking forward to the arrival of a cold front. Our forecasters promise us it will bring cooler weather and much lower humidity, two things that spell “relief” in the dog days of July. Since clouds are the harbingers of weather changes, I turned my camera skyward to see if they’re going to be right:
Looking south from my patio.
Almost looks like snow, huh?
These toward the north look even more like snow.
I can only imagine what fun God must have had creating these!
My late dad used to call wispy clouds like these mare’s tails.
Cirrus clouds indicate a weather change in 24 hours.
It’s supposed to drop down to 56 degrees tonight — turn off the A/C and open the windows!
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 