Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Getting Lost, Watching Hail, and Eating Fried Foods

Well, that basically sums up what I've done today.  I went up to the college today to finish registering for classes and officially am impressed by all of the nice people that I met there.  After that, I headed over to my future abode and closed the deal with my new landlady Marci.  We had a nice chat and ate chocolate covered strawberries while watching her neurotic dog Dottie excitedly rip a rag to pieces.  I then officially got lost driving back and forth across Durango looking for the grocery store.  Yeah, familiarization with my surroundings will be a priority. 
When I finally got home, it started raining nudibranchs and nautili and pea sized hail.  It was quite loud on the metal roof and with the thunder and lightening was all very exciting.  However, in the middle of it all I had to run outside and move my car under the carport because the hail got to the size of marbles.  Luckily, dents were avoided and Eleanor was spared. 
While watching the storm, I made Hope and Tony eggrolls and officially threw vegetables all over the kitchen in an attempt to chop stuff into tiny pieces on a small cutting board with a dull knife.  I also cut up a fruit salad, and we were all quite pleased with the turn out.  After we ate our fill, there was still half of the mixture left, so we will more than likely be having the exact same thing tomorrow.
Here are a few photos of the beautiful post-storm sky.

I didn't even see the bird until after I uploaded the photo!


Green.


By the time I got my camera out again, the clouds had already lost some of their shape, but as you can see these are partially formed Mammatus clouds that are a testament to the strength of the passing storm. 

Love yall,

-Kate

3 comments:

Songofjoy said...

Your photos are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing them. ~ We only got a tiny bit of rain so the Hot Rod and Red Tank were spared of hail stones. ~ I ran 3 miles tonight and felt really strong. Thank you God. ~ Busy day at work since Admissions and Administrator are sick and on vacation respectively. ~ P.S. I especially liked the bird in flight; nice touch Love even if unexpected.

Papa said...

PLEASE keep those amazing photos coming . . . .

Idgie said...

Hubert, your photos are inspiring and feel like breaths of fresh air. Miss you!

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