The Thundershirt worked through THIS storm

[stoney321]

Which, when you click on the cut, you'll see why that's a big deal.

BIG storm rolled in last night for some much needed rain. I know that the majority of the US is in a drought, but Texas has been really hard hit for several years in a row. (Top it off with last year's rampant wildfires, and it's just awful out there for wildlife.) YAY RAIN! We're expecting it all week, too.

It was SO BRIGHT last night that I could sit on my porch with my Kindle at 10pm and read. I gave it up as a bad job, though, because electrical storms are gorgeous.





This was shot by one of our local news team's meteorologist - Justin Terveen - taken in South Dallas (the industrial park south of 30, for those familiar) and it's SO COOL. See the Reunion Tower's lit globe on the left? It looks like a plasma ball!!

This guy has an AMAZING photo album on FB, here. Check it out if you love storm photos (tornadoes, fronts, etc.)



ION, I am determined to not be sick any more. I do feel better, but UGH. I hate making myself lay around. I puttered in the garden (lol - used my spade to dig out saplings and tap roots to wild fennel) and looked up to find that two hours had gone by. Whoops! Zoned out. :) I need to take some pictures while the light is nice - after a rain is the best time for photos. <3 Oh, right: I went out there because it's Julia Child's birthday and I wanted some blossoms from my Julia Child rose bush to commemorate the day. I need to roast a chicken to fully honor her, though.

Last night I had a dream that I had fleas - I was so itchy. D: When I woke up, Smidgen was staring at me and her whiskers were poking my face. STOP GIVING ME DA EVOLS, CAT. /Vicky Pollard

OH HEY. AND WE'RE GOING TO START A REWATCH OF TEEN WOLF SEASON ONE ON HDJM. Liz is all over that, our Spartacus girl that Steven DeKnight fell in love with. :D

[ETA] I failed to mention here (I reblog on Tumblr, where most of Glee fandom is, but I've sworn off Tumblr for fear of spoilers) that you REALLY NEED TO BE READING NEAR MISSES. The latest chapter is here, and the masterlist of notes and all the chapters is HERE. I do not say this lightly: it is a master class in pacing, characterization, and story telling. Simply one of the best fics in the entire fandom, period. Stop waiting, if you are. You'll want to savor each chapter as they post (and today was 11 of 16, so it's coming close to an end!)

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[kuzu-no-ha.livejournal.com]

I'm sold! I will get Mr. Bran dog one.

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

And that's not a filter on the guy's camera - the sky was purple. (So pretty!)

YAY THUNDERSHIRTS!

[dovil.livejournal.com]

HOLY SHIT! The first thing that entered my head on seeing that picture, now recreated in word form. One of the memories that I lug around in my brain meat is that thunder and lightening storm when I stayed with you - never seen anything like that on that kind of scale ever before. When they say everything is bigger in Texas they're not lying. That is crazy. That is god just going on full on destructo rampage. I strike you down and you down, and hey, you over there, zappity zap!

I loved Julia Child, I used to watch her all the time when I was growing up. No wonder I now have an affinity for boozy lushes.

Fleeeeas! D:

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Now you have a picture to show your friends (read: your cats) to show them that you were not making it up when you exclaimed that even the very air of Texas was trying to kill you! We're like Australia, but our deadly creatures are the clouds.

Hahaha, I think that's why I love them, too. *burp*

WHY THE HELL WOULD I DREAM OF FLEAS? I should note that there are NO FLEAS IN MY HOUSE.

[flaming-muse.livejournal.com]

Wow, that picture is gorgeous! It looks like something out of a big budget movie, not real life. Wow.

(and, gosh, thank you *blush*)

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Isn't that AMAZING? That's one thing about the prairie: storms are ferocious and gorgeous to look at. When #2 dragged me outside to look at the sky, it was like the universe had put a lavender bulb in the sun - craziest light I've ever seen.

[/old timer in rocking chair]

I ONLY SPEAK THE TRUTH. <3

[lynnenne]

Wow, what a cool photo!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Isn't that awesome!? His photo albums are all amazing. Storms are cool. <3

[mumsisdaughter]

Amazing storm! Now I have an image of monster tripods heaving themselves out of the ground: instead of rain, you get Martians! Blame it on watching 'War of the Worlds' last night :)

So did you get rain? Or was it all noise and no climax?

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Ha, my daughter and I were talking about that very thing yesterday! Very tripos-transfer looking, yes? :D

Oh, LOTS of rain. Which was wonderful! More to come all week, too!

[anelith.livejournal.com]

What a storm! I'm glad you got the rain, and wish you more and more (along with the rest of the country). I read in the paper that food prices are going to go up about 5% soon, thanks to the drought. Yikes.

Good news that the thundershirt worked for your poor doggie!

[stoney321.livejournal.com]

Oh, this drought is terrible! We're already seeing a spike in prices here. :(

But yay rain! And it's been cooler this week, too, which helps tremendously.