Yesterday afternoon a slight cooling rain arrived
The air, the moisture…the whole experience was just lovely. I sat outside and watched the shower dampen the earth.
It was bliss.
Later that evening (Wednesday) around 9:30 an electrical storm arrived on the western rim of our world…Lightning flickered and slashed across the Uncompahgre (Un-come-pah-gray…accent on the pah) Plateau. Tiny booms of thunder rolled across the forest and into the canyons.
As time wore on, I thought possibly the hammer of this amazing electric storm would continue across the Plateau missing us.
By 11:30 the Crack of thunder had reached the Roubioux Canyon, which lays right below our mesa.
Sheet lightning split the clouds, while cloud to ground jagged lightning splintered the heaping massive clouds.
Thunder and lightening overwhelmed our part of the earth, causing our great trees to tremble in fear. (Boomer and both cats were so close to me I couldn’t walk. When I went outside to try to take photos they looked at me like I was crazy and stayed inside. 🙂 )
Try as I might I could NOT get a good photo of lightning! The great sheets of shimmering sheet lightning did not turn out very well either. The sky to ground lightning (although very bright and overwhelming) turned into a blur on the photo.
Gradually the thunder, the lightening, and what rain there might have been, moved on…heading toward the east.
Leaving all of us a little breathless.
Your friend on a western Colorado farm,
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
We get such amazing thunderstorms in Colorado! I have tried to capture photos of lightning so many times-in vain! It takes more patience than I have. 🙂
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And a fast shutter and a quick finger!
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Lightning is really hard! I have only ever gotten one.
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It is! I’m just not fast enough.
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We never get summer storms so I really enjoyed reading this
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The drama was amazing! Made my hair stand up on my arms…although the crack over-head was alarming so I came in. 🙂
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I love the way you welcome in the life-giving rain Linda. What drama there is in your skies. Everything is powerful, the thunder storms but also the sunsets. Your beautiful writing feeds my soul. Thank you.
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Oh! You are so kind, Thank you, Juliet!
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Oh sweet rain. I would love some but you can keep the lightning. We had our share in the AZ mountains and though it’s beautiful to see, I don’t want to be out in it either. Your animals might be a bit wiser than you on that count. 🙂 I’ve been close enough to it to make all the hair on my body stand up and the dog learned to fly that day. 🙂
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OH! That is scary!
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