Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Nature's goodness

The mid-sized day lilies are starting to come out quite well and the Asian lilies opened up yesterday. Those are the ones in the foreground of the photo; the smaller yellow flowers in the background are day lilies. The tallest day lilies in the row between the front lawn and the woods are budding but have not bloomed yet.



Yesterday the weather forecast was about half right. They had said we would have thunderstorms beginning at eight in the morning, and it began to rain just as I left the gym at 7:55. The rain kept up until lunch time at a steady pace, sometimes heavy for short periods, accompanied by lightning and thunder. We did not lose power at the house, but friends in the City of Wisconsin Dells  did. The rain then ended as predicted and things got nicer. So that half was right on target. 

The second part of the forecast, however, called for another stormy band to move through late in the afternoon and into the evening, but that passed south of us. 

Today has been gorgeous: temperatures in the mid-70s (23.9 C), low humidity, breezy and only a few scattered cumulus clouds in the sky.

3 comments:

Kirstin Dodd said...

Sounds like a good day to ear PJs and stay at home. ☺

glen said...

Our power was out for 10.5 hours yesterday in Blue Mounds.
Lost part of an oak tree and had to fire up the tractor/generator for milking and cooling the milk.
No power also means no water, no fans/air conditioning.....One realizes how much we take for granted.
Today, however, makes up for yesterday. Such a beautiful cool, dry day!!!

Moving with Mitchell said...

We don't see day lilies here. One of those things I used to love when we lived in Connecticut. We've had temps in the high 90s! So grateful for the sea!