The Ciel Show for Saturday, July 20, 2019

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Saturday, July 20, 2019

Relief!

Heavy rains, thunder and lightning, hail... and so the heat has broken and the whisper of the a/c has ceased for now. Now, nearing sunset, there is a strange golden light filling the air. The sun is lowering, limning the hem of the cloud cover, and on the other side of the sky, it is steel grey, storm-heavy... Got a few shots before the battery died: https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/58MX45 There was also a flash flood warning broadcast to phones throughout the land, so on the way home... Sign in to see full entry.

telling tales...

Kabu mentions how Wiley likes to hear her stories of her growing up, and that made me think of what stories I might tell. There was the mouse-hunt in the barn, when I was 4 or 5. We loved playing in the hay barn, jumping from the loft down into the big loose haystack beneath. I spotted a mouse up in the loft one day, and decided I would catch it, but of course, I kept missing the scampering little guy. Finally, I jumped for it and went right over the edge to the loose hay below. I complained to... Sign in to see full entry.

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