We have been having typical summer weather. It has been very hot, into the 90s most days, and humid. It’s thunderstorm weather. We have had late afternoon storms on a couple of days. They dropped only about a quarter to a third of an inch, but it was just what our new plants needed. And, fortunately, the storms have not been strong. On Monday Leah called me out to look at some clouds.

When I first saw the clouds, I told Leah it looked kind of like an anvil cloud, the classic form of a big thunderstorm. The anvil was not well defined, but there was a suggestion of flattening at the top, especially in the shaded cloud to the right. It was easier to see before I went inside to get my camera. After I took this shot, I went in and checked my weather radar app.

The pushpin is where our house is. The storms were 15 to 20 miles away, but we could just hear some thunder. These storms missed us.

It’s going to be in the 90s for the next week at least, if the forecast is accurate. We might get some rain in that time. I hope so.