Rain Clouds and Muddy Puddles

It has been raining quite a bit, and we have had about 3 inches of rain over the last 2 days.  

If this had been 10 years ago, I would have been out here with The Little Boy while he jumped and played in the muddy puddles. Ah, my heart. How quickly they grow up.

Tornado Weather Report

 Just look at the number of tornadoes that touched down around us, besides the massive hail. Yikes.

Perils of Getting Older

My right shoulder has been giving me enough grief that I decided to get a shoulder brace to try and see if that would help.

We'll see how it goes, then, eh?

Truck Retrieval

 We had to bring The Big Truck in for some repairs and stopped by Our Little Waterfall on the way home :)

Cactus Flowers and Mimosa Flowers

 

Aurora Borealis in Texas

We tried our best to catch the aurora yesterday, and it wasn't brilliantly clear to us like what we saw in this video and many other wonderful photos people have shared on the net... but we DID see it :) There WAS some color in the sky, which the phone managed to capture. :)

Electricity Woes

The Great Big Plug thingy where the RV is plugged into has been experiencing some connection woes, and was looking a lot worse for wear....and so we VERY quickly decided to call in an electrician to get it changed out. Now we can all sleep well at night, knowing that nothing is about to spark and start a fire.

Spring Clouds

They can be pretty, and yet scary at the same time.

Why this is ALWAYS the worst season

I know there are others who have it so much worse, but living even at the edge of Tornado Alley is very stressful.

Last night there were several tornadoes that touched down close to us, then there was the hail and wind... 

I feel so badly for all those who were hit by the tornadoes, and cringe to think if we were in their shoes.

Even lost electricity for a bit there. 

Apparently tonight, there's an encore performance. 

Hail up to GRAPEFRUIT size, mind you.

You add in "A Couple of Strong Tornadoes Possible" and winds "Up to 75MPH LIKELY"...., well.

Storm Stress is very real.

My Wildflower Bouquet

They don't last very long once they're plucked, but they do brighten up a space significantly while they still bloom.

Finally.

It is amazing how much I depend on my 'puter every day for so many things - mainly homeschooling, some video editing and grocery shopping, I suppose. 

But Mainly Homeschooling. *sigh* 

Indian Blankets

The hubs calls them Indian Paintbrushes - a term he says he heard them being called as he was growing up - but I think those may technically be another type of wildflower.

ANYWAY, A Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell As Sweet, and these happen to be one of his favorites.  Who can blame him?  They are gorgeous out in the field.

Brace! Brace!

Ooof. Here we go.

Rose Hedge in Full Bloom

Pwetty....

Wildflower Season

It's always nice after The Bleakness of Winter, to have things burst into life - MOWING, however, is an entirely different story - with all the different types of wildflowers in their array of colors and diverse petal shapes.  

Okay, okay ... so they're mainly different shades of yellow. But Still.

This week's Lovely Flowers

A Sad Egg Face Post.

 

Sweet Roses

Our roses are still hanging on even after being decimated year after year by Grasshoppers. 

Those that do make it are still wonderfully lovely and fragrant :)