Excellent storm

Out of seemingly nowhere, we had a wonderful long rain(s) yesterday that turned into a thunder and lightning show as the evening went on. It stopped just in time for a sky show at sunset, the air purple and sun rays bouncing off breaking up clouds, making sky paintings in the cool, fresh air left from the storm. Glorious!



This morning one cloud seemed determined to keep my attention as I bailed out the dinghy....






Unfortunately, the way these photos show up here, unless something happens when I actually post them, are a pale shadow compared to the real thing - or even the real photo!