Lightning Storm

We had an awe-inspiring lightening storm Friday night. Lightening constantly flickered thru the sky, accompanied by a gentle, far-away rumbling. I pulled out the camera to capture some of it. Not many of the flashes were detected by the camera, and you can't even hear the thunder, rather just the rain.

Counting lightning

An hour or so after this, I was reading in bed when there was a bright flash of light. Our phone half-rang, and then BOOM--the kind of boom that shakes your house. S and I wondered what had been hit. The next day we saw one of our neighbor's trees (two houses down) had been severely damaged by the storm, and although it wasn't obvious at first, we later learned it likely was from that lightening strike. We're grateful it was a smaller tree, compared to the trees easily twice its height that surround all the homes in this area, and that the main branches were blown off toward the street, rather than toward the house. A damaged fence is always better than a damaged home. I'd understood lightning hits the tallest thing in an area--but apparently not always!

Fun Day

I'm one-handed right now (holding sleepy Lil' S), so I'll let the pictures do the talking. (Ha, like I could really let that happen! I ended up snagging S to type a few things for me.) Wed morning, I actually woke at a decent time, so we decided to have some fun.

Listening Ear

(". . . and then she put me down and started dressing me

instead of letting me finish my breakfast!")

Ack! Too small already?!?

This is the one shot I took of H in the strawberry fields, and I'm amazed at how perfect it is considering the circumstances. She dropped down for hardly a quarter of a second to pose for me (because for some weird reason she was completely uninterested in actually picking, and of course if you take your child berry picking, you have to have a cute photo to post on your blog about it) and I just clicked and got the shot. She really does look like she's picking and enjoying it, doesn't it? Pictures sure can be deceiving! ;P

H volunteered to wash the strawberries while I nursed li'l S.

I love having a four-year-old around (today).

Full Tummy

Time for nap!

(I'm glad I took those photos Sunday because that night he totally gashed himself!)

We ate strawberries for lunch. I am sure we had sandwiches for lunch too. but I only remember the strawberries--oh, and an orange. I'd taken photos of that for another post. That's how I remember. ;)

before

after

YUM!

Look at that face!

S caught some great Lil' S expressions this evening.

The middle shot is the best!!!