Last Wednesday, April 8th, there were thunderstorm warnings and big hail coming down not too far north of town. So of course I ran down to the water to take a look. This is the sky a little before 5:00 p.m.
That’s kevin over there on the left, talking to his friend Glenn about the big whitecaps on the lake.
This is 5:30, about a half-hour later. I think those are white pelicans out there on the water and I think that’s rain coming down by the power plant.
Here’s a short video of the weather excitement.
It had been a lovely warm day and all the other boats had left the lake but then i saw this pontoon boat zooming along.
Well, we ended up with no hail here, some wind and rain but not that much. an hour later a double rainbow appeared.
When i was taking picture of the rainbow a huge flock of white pelicans started flying towards me…
…and then they were right overhead!
And then blue skies started to peek out from behind the clouds.
The white pelicans, the rainbow, and the lack of hail made me feel overjoyed. When anything that’s the least bit good happens nowadays it feels like it’s even better, in the midst of the flood of bad news around the world. It’s nice to have glimmers of happiness.
On a coronavirus-related note – there was a story with photos about a nurse going to work in a high-risk hospital and how first her family cheered and clapped for her as she left, and then the neighbors joined in, and pretty soon it was the whole block. i wanted to share this with people but felt like i couldn’t even start the story without choking up. So there it is.
whew,
g. on a monday morning in april.