thrums | my life, with needles and thread » thunder http://www.timethrums.com/blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:09:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 the coolest part was the thunder (and weekend’s best!) http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/12/the-coolest-part-was-the-thunder-and-weekends-best/ http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/12/the-coolest-part-was-the-thunder-and-weekends-best/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:37:29 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=2555 We got that blizzard, the one that gave the mid-Atlantic seaboard a white Christmas. There’s a lot of snow, yeah; every time I looked out the window (which was constantly) the air was filled with tiny flashes — little dots, really — of snow blowing sideways, gusting around in whorls. Not the big heavy flakes, just little diamond dust. It did accumulate, that’s for sure, and I’m glad I work at home. But really, the coolest part was the booming thunder and flashes of lightning in the midst of it, last night. Oh that was neat. Thunder in a snowstorm, satisfies my heart. Living on the plains of Texas, thunderstorms are such a regular part of life and I miss them. Here are a few shots of what we got:

cool - today, anyway. much less cool tomorrow, i'm sure.

cars buried in the drifts

still, so pretty!

it even started filling the subways!

One thing I love about my city is that they organize snow days in the parks — sledding and free hot chocolate. I just love that. So stay warm, y’all! Hope your Christmases and Boxing Days were great.



]]> http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/12/the-coolest-part-was-the-thunder-and-weekends-best/feed/ 5 Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango/ http://www.timethrums.com/blog/2010/06/scaramouch-scaramouch-will-you-do-the-fandango/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:39:51 +0000 Lori http://www.timethrums.com/blog/?p=868 So I’m just sitting on the couch, working, and all of a sudden I smell it – I smell the rain. And it’s blowing SIDEWAYS, at great force. And it’s thundering. Perhaps even lightning? So of course what does anyone think at that moment:

You’re welcome. I’m always doing this for you.

p.s. edit: the intense storm lasted for 2.5 minutes. it was an hour’s worth of storm squeezed into 2.5 minutes, i kid you not!

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