Lightning as Inspiration

I love lightning. On the way home from work there was a lightning storm brewing in the distance. I figured I'd be driving right into it, and I pretty much was. Only..it was huge, and everywhere...but it was strange because there was no thunder. It was just beautiful flashes of light...and then there were the cool streak lightnings, and some of them branched out in all different directions... Usually in a thunderstorm, you only get to catch a few of the really cool streaks...but this storm was so big and slow moving...and quiet...Right in front of me at least a dozen times there were HUGE streaks shooting all over the sky. I kept trying to pull over and watch, but didn't want to cause an accident, so I kept driving, but slowly..all the while watching the sky, my eyes darting back and forth waiting for the next flash. There were streaks to my left, my right, and some right above the car. As I neared the river there was a strip of woods and amidst the lightning flashes, against the dark trees there were hundreds of lightning BUGS just dancing and blinking and it was soo beautiful! I did pull over one time, when I reached the bridge over the river....but I didn't see any cool streaks, so I finally started moving and then I saw one...right over the river. At one point as I was driving this curve in the road a huge streak started to my left then shot all across the sky and kept going in front of me! I just kept saying out loud "ooo" and giggling to myself giddily.

By the time I got home the thunder had started and it was drizzling a little bit. I went and sat on my front porch to watch the show. It was magical, truely. The fireflies lit up the fields and the trees, and the lightning lit up the skies. My cat sat behind me on the table, and we listened to the rumbles and the drop drop drop of the rain. I was being thankful and enjoying the beauty when a HUGE giant streak, shooting out like a tree in all directions brightened the sky SO much that I felt blinded for a second. I smiled and laughed right before a booming CRACK! This made me jump up and run to get inside, calling for the kitty. She was no where to be found, having most likely been scared out of her wits, she had run to hide somewhere. The rain started coming down heavier. As I type the storm is still growling and flashing outside...still seeming to hold something back...but I had an awesome treat this evening and am so grateful for the beauty.

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So Alex and I swear we'll start writing on a regular basis...and I know I def. need to...but in the mean time..things here are crazy but good. Way too much work to do and never enough time...Anyone have some free time to help plant???