Some people look forward to crocuses popping through the soil or the buds forming on the trees. Others notice the animals shedding their extra hair preparing for the warmer temperatures.
I appreciate the warmer temperatures of spring and the ease that comes with them of getting the kids out the door. They don’t have to don snow pants and find where their boots ended up (even though they know they left them in the entry way where they belong. Gnomes, I’m sure it’s gnomes that move them when we aren’t watching.) We can even corals the roaming mittens to one location.
It’s freeing to get outside for runs with shorts and a T-shirt instead of the layers of jackets, tights, and ear-warmers.
But my favorite thing about spring is thunderstorms. I love watching for the flash of lightning and counting until the rumble of the thunder. Growing up, I would watch the dark clouds roll across the field to the west of our house. Living in town now, I don’t get to see the storm on the horizon.
With technology though, I can study radar images and look at prediction models to see what weather is coming our way. The radars will show storms developing over Wisconsin and then their progression over Lake Michigan. The big question is always what will the lake do to the storm? The storm could pick up moisture from the lake and dump more on us, or the cooler temperature could cut the energy of the storm and it will fizzle as it comes on to the shore. On a local weather blog, they call Lake Michigan ‘the Shredder.’
I don’t wish storm damage or danger for anyone, nor do I want to chase storms. We experienced golf ball sized hail on a trip to South Dakota while driving to our campsite. That was wild enough. But I find the power and wonder of nature fascinating.
Lake Michigan certainly plays a big factor in our lives here in the Mitten state, from summertime entertainment to either increasing or diminishing storms. And like you, I find thunderstorms comforting, but more so when I’m indoors looking out. Grandma used to tell us thunder simply meant “Jesus is bowling.”
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My grandma told us the same thing! I even wrote a children’s story book about it. I just need to get the illustrations done.
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I working on getting the kids interested in storms too. My daughter is still kind of scared of the thunder.
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I heard, “The Angels are bowling”. I guess they were competing with Jesus, which isn’t a good idea!
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I also love the sound of rain… provided I don’t have to get out IN it.
A spring morning on the front porch with a light rain is just heavenly.
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Listening to the rain at night is one of my favorite things.
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I love the stormy season. Sitting on the porch watching the storm go by is so relaxing. Running out to splash in puddles before the lightening starts is always fun too. Thunderstorms are soothing, they lull me to sleep when I am having a rough time at night. Its all because my grandma used to take me in the kitchen to make Thunder Cookies when it was storming (I was scared of storms when I was little) now that is something that I do with my kids.
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I also love thunderstorms, although I am a little leery about being alone in the dark.As soon as I get warning at night,I light a couple of candles, (jarred, not prayer!), and keep a flashlight next to me. I don’t want to have to stumble around in the dark looking for them. Otherwise, they are fascinating.
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