Peppermint Twist
On Monday night there was a Tornado Alert from the local authorities for our County starting at midnight. It was raining but about 4:20 am I woke up by the sound of heavy rain a thunders, flashes from lightening were very frequent and the wind picked up speed that could be heard sounding like a pack of wolves howling to a full moon. The air was saturated with a pungent smell of burned firecrackers. There were times that I thought we might be blown out because the intensity of the wind and the awful sound. Fortunately there were no damages anywhere in our community. A couple of patio chairs a small table and my hose where out of place and knocked down, but that’s all luckily.
Seems like we got a good soaking downpour which was definitely welcomed because our plants needed the water. I remember mentioning this on previous posting.
This morning started very dark but the sun rays are beginning to break through the clouds. Who knows?
“… it might turn out to be a sunny day after all. I’ll take that vs. a tornado anytime”
Text and photographs © HJ Ruiz – Avian101
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Thanks! 🙂
Your Welcome
I’m amazed at all the beautiful and colorful birds
Nice photos, they are so cute 🙂
Thank you! 🙂
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Sorry about your frightening weather, glad you survived OK. Loved the Indigo Bunting in the tree.
Thank you for caring Susan! 🙂
beautiful photo’s as always! 🙂
Thank you Belle! 🙂
Unbelievable to be able to get photos so sharp, crisp and clean of these birds. They never seem to sit still long enough for me!
Thank you Emilio, one has to have the right equipment and get the hang of it! 🙂
So glad you are okay and no real damage! I pray you are not experiencing flooding at the moment, as so many are in the south and east right now. Thank you for the indigo bunting photos today! Such a day brightener! Stay safe, H.J!
Thank you Amy for being so caring. We are fine in this part of Georgia. 🙂
Very glad to hear it! I hope your warm sunshine returns soon. We are in the midst of many dark, damp days here with very few peeks of the sun.
But at least we don’t get terribly strong storms here. We had some thunder and lightening a couple of nights ago, but nothing frightening.
Great Amy, let’s keep it that way! 🙂
I am glad that our weather is generally a lot more boring than yours.
You don’t get tornados where you live?
Never.
Let’s keep it that way!
Glad you are all fine and the weather improving. What a pretty bird the indigo bunting is1
Thanks Clare! Yes he’s is! 🙂