Sunday, December 14, 2008

THUNDER SLEET!

I know it sounds completely crazy!

We all hear things like thunder snow, or just sleet but this day was nature in all her glory...

Started out windy and warm (warm for winter that is...)

I went to work at 4:00AM and went about my daily business....

Then I went out to smoke at break and I seriously went out in just my work t-shirt and NO COAT!!!

I told John to take the kids out and play in the mud and they had a fantastic time :-) (52 degrees, perfect for play time with mud!)

Then night came... the rain started to freeze when we left his broomball game... and winter came back with a force!

We were standing in the kitchen, finishing up dinner and you could hear the sleet on the windows...

Experience has told me that when it ices, or sleets, grab some wood for the fire place because a) you don't want to be outside doing it later, and b) the power generally goes out...

So we headed outside to gather the wood together and all of the sudden there was a flash in the sky and then I started getting pelted with what felt like large rain drops...

The wind started blowing and the "rain" came faster and faster...

We both suddenly realized it was sleet!!! The little hail like ice/snow associated with winter...

It was incredible being outside and feeling all the sleet and wind and lightening and thunder, all at the same time...

Maybe I'm weird but it was absolutely amazing to feel so many aspects to nature in one day..... she changes her mind just like a woman does ;-)

Had to share :-)

1 comment:

ChiTown Girl said...

You're NOT weird, cuz I feel the same way. Well, maybe we're BOTH weird.... ;-)