Spring Skies

The dramatic changes in weather over the past few weeks is a sure sign Spring is here. In one afternoon, I took a little time to capture an active system moving through while I worked in the garden. The day began sunny, with clouds building up to the southwest, drifting over the landscape, cotton fluff drifting into larger thunderheads, which eventually did rumble. I looked up from my weeding and saw the colors above changing rapidly. A storm was mounting the tree line with dark and menacing shades of grey at the horizon beyond. I thought I saw a green hue to the sky off in the distance, that’s when I began to take note of the day’s turbulent weather to come.

The winds picked up, signaling the pressure change as a front moved through. The trees began to dance, and I stepped under cover in anticipation of a sudden downpour from the turbulent heavens. A few taps of grapple on the tin roof herald the approaching tempest.

A handy cellphone check on the weather app told me the storm would be quick, so I headed under the porch to watch the show. Then, a spring storm came down from above. The grapple dominated at first, followed by heavy rain, blowing and whipping all around. By the time I remembered to capture the moment, a lull left me in limbo, with only some minor tap tap tap of small ice pebbles on the roof once again.

There were more bands of unstable meteorology to come that day, and I reveled in the active Spring weather which will encourage new budding growth in the land all around. Tulip leaves are piercing up through the soil, with little pink blooms just starting to form. The flowering currents are showing bright color as they blossom out too. The sheep are grazing eagerly at spring tipped grass in the pastures, where clover and vetch begin sprouting up from the muddy soil. These rains bring nature back to life after cold dark winter, so much gratitude for the change in season and return of bright days to work and play.