From Fog To Glowing Sky

It may have been foggy this morning and it truely was very humid throughout the day. Hot too. Yet, there was a storm that blew through west of us and the cloud gave those with the need for a photo opp this. I really love digital. As morning and evening light comes and goes so quickly the digital camera is the photographers financial friend. I took 25 shots or so and got ride of all but 9. The sky is on fire said Chicken Little, well not true but he did cry out and this would have scared him for sure I bet.

Got Up This Morning and What Did I See?

Nothing, absolutely nothing. Well, not exactly nothing. I was able to see moisture that was left on the windows. It is sooooooo humid and windless that the dew/humidity has collected on the windows. This was today and the humidity level has been extremely high for the past two days. High tomorrow is suppose to be 97 and humid. It's summer and we should expect this. Beats shoveling snow. Make it larger and you still can't see clearly.

What Do You See?

I posted this on Facebook stating that I had too much time on my hands and recieved a comment from a friend. I said I saw a puppy dog running but he said he saw a lion. He asked or said he remember laying around as a kid and finding images in the clouds but he had a question for me.....he wanted to know if I was "partying" at the time and if he hinted at the possibility that I may have had some sort of aid in my partying.

Well, with the aid of anything or not, what do you see.

Early Morning Reflections

July Mid-Month Photos and NO Storms

 Mid July and no storms.  The last posting show the storm clouds just a few days ago. Nothing on the immediate horizon but the heat will be back next week so they are saying the storms could roll in again. We have places that look like a war zone from the trees that are down. As of the 6 PM news there were still 200 without power. This is since Monday evening.

The soy bean field is growing. I finally got planted about 5 weeks ago, way behind schedule.

Billowing Clouds

They seemed close enough to reach up and touch and yet you feel that if you do you might get sucked into their churning furry. About 3" of rain in 39 minutes and supper high winds. I have been in many storms but have only seen rain truely go horizontal like this did on TV. The pond beside our house rose 2' in about an hour. When the rains stopped it was like turning off a switch, just like the switch the storm threw when it turn off the power. The air became stifling hot, humid and still. It stayed this way for us for 18 hours. A total of 75,000 without power and some 21 hours later there were still 5,500 powerless. Only good thing, today was cooler with lower humidity.

Off to the Races

I went to a local dragstrip yesterday, Kil-Kare Speedway, Xenia, OH where there is a cart track and an oval. I'm guessing it's a 1/4 miler since it is pretty much all turn and high banked. In the bottom is a flat oval with an X crossing thru it and some added asphalt in one area. I believe this area might be used in demolition derbies, busses and the like.

Local car clubs rent this area for what is called autocrossing or autox. This one was put on by the Corvette Club of Troy, Ohio. It was open to all cars so there were Subaru's, VW turbo Beetles and Honda S2000's as well as the iron horses of Chevrolet.

I took over 200 pictures and some videos. I have put 4 vids up on my FB page and I will put a picture here. The car is a Mazda that my son-in-law is driving but it isn't him that is important. It's the billboard that is edited.