Week's End

How is it that I can take off work Monday and leave work early Thursday and yet, come Friday, feel absolutely exhausted ... even after taking an approximately 3-hour nap to make up for the lack of sleep the night before last??!

Great sleepin’ weather, though, last night and this evening. Thunderstorm, and today, howling wind/drizzle. Snuggle up!

These are what the clouds looked like this afternoon (adjust browser settings if you do not see any green in these clouds ... ’cause believe me, there was definitely some green):



We heard on the scanner that there was a waterspout over Rend Lake. So I grabbed the camera and headed out the door.

“Be careful!” my co-worker Michelle warned. “What are you going to do if you see a tornado or get into bad weather before you get up there?”

“Well, then, I’ll do what I’ve always been told to do in situations like that,” I said: “I will bend over and kiss my ass good-bye!”

: )

After I took a good look at the sky, however, I decided to stay put. Then came the deluge.

“Decided not to go, huh?” Michelle said. “Decided it might be too dangerous?”

“Nah,” I said. “I just didn’t want to get wet!”

: )

This is the sky the night of my birthday:



My car, this morning, with the new custom seed-pod design:



And this is from the other day, courtesy of Donald & Virginia:



Believe it or not, I planted some flowers of my own: 8 geraniums (red and white w/red edges), 4 hibiscuses of varying colors, 2 habaneros and 1 African daisy. Of course, it might freeze tomorrow night, so hopefully I will remember to bring them inside.

Photos? Perhaps, someday.

: )