last night, there were storms in the area. tornadoes, dumping rain, and…bright sunshine. this storm pushed through very quickly and when it was over, there was no lingering gray. only bright, happy sunshine! and rainbows! and the most amazing, billowy clouds.
we left the house to get groceries around sunset and the clouds were reflecting pink and orange–and the weird part was that the clouds were on the eastern horizon. looking at the western horizon (which had few clouds) you could barely tell it was a sunset, but the clouds reflected the most beautiful colors. and they were huge and fluffy and took up the whole sky. it felt like the sun was setting in the east and turning the world on its head. i wish a photograph could have done them justice. (or at least, that i’d had my camera handy).
on the way home with a trunk full of groceries, the sky was black with night, but the eastern mountains of clouds were still visible with valhalla like lightening flashing around inside them. it looked like a movie effect. is it sad that nature’s most amazing displays can be most often only described as “it looked like something you’d see in a movie!” how amazing must those sights have looked to people in eras before tv and special effects? black clouds with light flashing from the inside, highlighting the edges and making you aware of the awesome power that was bouncing around in the sky…. truly awe-inspiring.
