Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clouds. Show all posts

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Grumbling Clouds


The wind whispers, running icy fingers along my ears, caressing my hands.  My hair now pulls loose, cavorting in the air.  The grumbling clouds begin to gather, drawing a dark curtain against the sky.  Blocking the coveted view of the rising Super Moon.






 The temperatures have dropped 10 degrees since we started riding.  My machine screams it’s high pitched whine.  We dart through allies agitating the neighborhood dogs.  They voice their opinion about our presence in their kingdom.  The deep baritone voices compete with the sharp yipping of barking mice.

The neighbors wave as we go by.  Some of my students yell out greetings, as we cruise the streets on our ATVs.  Returning home I laugh as I try to warm my freezing hands on Dan’s warm skin.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Tornado Watch

Father's Day, June 20th,  Billings had its first tornado in 52 years.  Last night, June 21st, Dan and I were riding around on our 4 wheelers.  He was looking for mud to play in.  We topped a favorite hill and watched this cloud formation turn like it was deciding what it was going to do next.  

We watched it for about 15 minutes as it moved away from Billings.  In the 2nd picture you can see a tail that could be the start of something.  The cloud formation was incredible.  I took the pictures with my cell phone.