Cabin Fever - Small Stone - 14

a storm with drenching rain

washes the sky for hours

but when the sun begins to set

the smoky haze remains 

inside looking out

I'm getting cabin fever

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Chiming Bells - Small Stone - 7

 

deep in the forest

dripping with raindrops

Chiming Bells toll their summer song

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Hail - Small Stone - 2

Sometimes, even in summer, storms bring white.

Temperature drops as hail plummets from the sky.

Inside, we light a fire to keep warm.

Outside, Waldo smiles, as usual.

Accept what I can't change - I'm always learning from Waldo.

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Small Stone - Rain - 18

since childhood, I've loved rain

pounding out a beat

drenching, quenching

watering wildflowers

showering the forest

discouraging wildfire

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Small Stone - Rain - 5

after quenching rain

Nature sighs in green contentment

the gray-green leaves of Chiming Bells along Lehman Creek 

Wet in Breckenridge

dripping from trees

shower caps shield blooms

bugs take shelter under umbrellas

drop by drop by drop

a cadence of cleansing

(much needed rain is falling in Breckenridge, Colorado)

Mariposa Lily

hearing thunder

watching and waiting

smiling as rain falls

dripping through evergreens

quenching a parched earth

Mariposa Lily after rain

This morning, I checked if the Mariposa Lilies were blooming near West Ice Arena in Breckenridge. The ground was still damp from last night's rain. Wildflowers looked fresh in the filtered light of the forest. I'm still practicing with my magnifier lens. These photos are handheld - I'm finding it difficult to stay still enough when I press the shutter. But, the Lilies were creamy and lovely to behold! These delicate lilies grow for a brief time in early summer. Even though they've been stressed by the unusual dryness, they managed to bloom. 

This morning they glistened and glowed in the sunlight.