In less than a very few minutes, the soft cirrus clouds urged by light and variable winds soon became this angry sight.
Strong wind gusts compelled me back inside home just as the first fat rain drops splattered on the patio stones.
Feather Sky
Earlier this summer, after, oh I don’t know, maybe a year or two, it stopped raining.
Since then, the skies have been spectacular!
A Couple of Bucks
This fellow, sporting velvet coated spikes, looks like the same young buck whose been frequenting the north yard. His companion’s antlers are just beginning to split.
Summer Sky
Beebalm
Shy Spike
This fellow’s curiosity of me got the better of him, just before he dashed out of site.
Haying
The current stretch of fine weather has allowed haying to continue.
Getting There
Recently saw this critter making it’s way across the road.
He pulled in his handsome painted face and claws when I tried to take his portrait, and refused to move from his quite vulnerable position in the roadway.
Thinking it best for all involved, I got back into my vehicle and pulled away slowly watching him cross the road in my rear view mirror.
South Knob Sunset
A beautiful summer sunset over Elk Mountain’s south knob.
Pink Peony Progression
North side yard sports these peonies in progressive states of bloom.
Postured restful now having weathered recent rains, the eldest now nearly too heavy for itself.
Soon, a good dose of sun will raise and swell these blossoms before they, as peonies always do, finally abandon to gravity.