A nasty storm moved through this evening, including a tornado touching down to the west of us. Lots of wind, lots of rain, and lots of lightning. After it was over, I went outside to get photos of the wonderful orange glow in the northern sky. As I turned to go back inside, I saw the double rainbow.
This little guy was fluttering around my window this afternoon. Every time he would light on the window sill, I’d get my camera, and every time I started to focus on him, he’d start fluttering around again. I finally got a quick photo, though.
I love the way these red daylilies look in the bright sunlight. Not that I’m enjoying the ungodly heat, but it is nice to see the sun once in awhile.
Coral Bells
It’s been ungodly hot lately, so I figured it was a good time to trim my hair a bit.
It’s only six inches off the bottom, but it feels like a lot. Hopefully it’ll be a little cooler now. Ugh.
Henry in a rare quiet moment. It doesn’t happen often.
The wind begun to rock the grass
Emily Dickinson
The wind begun to rock the grass
With threatening tunes and low,—
He flung a menace at the earth,
A menace at the sky.
The leaves unhooked themselves from trees
And started all abroad;
The dust did scoop itself like hands
And throw away the road.
The wagons quickened on the streets,
The thunder hurried slow;
The lightning showed a yellow beak,
And then a livid claw.
The birds put up the bars to nests,
The cattle fled to barns;
There came one drop of giant rain,
And then, as if the hands
That held the dams had parted hold,
The waters wrecked the sky,
But overlooked my father’s house,
Just quartering a tree.
Harriet, last night, waiting impatiently for her supper. There was much heaving of sighs and smacking of lips and twitching of ears. You can’t really tell from that photo, but she’s got so much grey in her coat now that she looks like a miniature red roan horse. Old dog is old.
One of my coworkers had a bouquet of hydrangeas sitting on her desk, so of course, I had to take a photo.
This may also be wood poppy. They’re very similar, and I’m not sure how to tell the difference between the two. It’s coming through the fence from my neighbor’s garden, so I guess you could say it’s a gift from her, too. I’m not sure what to do about it, because it’s really aggressive. So much so that it’s choking out the mint in her garden, which is impressive!
The bottom photo is another Lensbaby 2.0 shot, with the aperture disc removed and +4 macro filter.
red paper boat 