Echinacea

What a weekend. It’s been quite dry but I know to be careful what I wish for. Friday evening brought a storm with high winds, lightning and thunder happening nearly at the same time, and the rain. A decent amount of rain but it came down in just 10 or 15 minutes. Much too quickly. And a tree came down across the road. An important Spanish class and unable to get there. No power for 6 hours. Thank goodness for generators. Another storm came through on Saturday. A bit more rain. Wind, but it was gentle compared to Friday’s. Lightning and thunder that was gentle too, if that is possible. Just a tiny bit of rain today, Sunday, leaving me with Echinacea, or the common name of Purple Coneflower, sprinkled in rain drops. Look very closely, don’t miss the little details, rain drops and beauty.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.

2 thoughts on “Echinacea”

  1. Ok Brenda, I looked very closely, what am I missing. You had storms like we get almost every day in the summer.

  2. Hahaha! Oh Candy! I know that you’re in the lightning capital of the world and have my sympathy! You’ve chosen a tough place to live! I’m not used to such storms though. I’m such a wimp! 🙂

    Thanks bunches for reading my posts!
    Bren

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