Living on the Gulf Coast means that with the exception of a few pesky hurricanes, the weather here is pretty spectacular year round. Winters are short and relatively mild, spring comes early, fall is lovely and really the best time to visit, and summer – well, summer can be fickle. The season, by far, is the longest and can include stifling heat and lung collapsing humidity. This year though, it’s been reasonable. I feel like I should apologize to my northern neighbors because they are getting much higher temps than we are.
And… we are getting rain. Soaking, lawn loving, rain. Nothing apocalyptic, no hurricanes (yet, knock on wood), and no weeks on end of wet stuff. A few days here and there of afternoon and evening showers, some thunder and lightning, and very dramatic skies.
I’m waiting for the proverbial shoes to drop. We still have four months left in the Hurricane Season, we could still get ours. For now, I’ll enjoy the milder days and cooling rain.
A version of ‘Sbux’ was the feature image for “Order is beauty,” my submission this week for Velvet Verbosity’s 100 Word Challenge.
Wow! Now that is drama. Great shot.
The sky shots are just … WOW gorgeous!!
We’ve got blue skies and bright sun, but humidity is so bad, I worry about my “good” camera, so I don’t take it out. :(
I totally agree, about feeling like I need to apologize and for waiting for the shoe to drop. Four more months…..
what beautiful clouds! what’s your favorite lens to shoot the sky with?
If I’m trying to get a wide view of a sweeping sky, like at the beach, I like using my 20mm prime lens. For these sky shots, I just used my 18-55mm.
It’s a dramatic sky indeed.
I know what you mean about feeling like you need to apologize to the northern neighbors!! It’s been milder in Montgomery, Alabama than in Montgomery County, Ohio this year.