You would think, and I did as I scaled the side of the stock trailer and pulled myself up onto its roof, that this cloud would bring destructive weather to the farm. It looked so full of doom. But it did not. The long black cloud merely tipped its sprinkling hat and rolled rumbling by without a second glance.Valerie passed Camera House up to me on my high perch then she climbed up onto the bed of the big truck parked next to the stock trailer and we watched the weather pass.
We did get some rain during the evening, but for our wee farm in this low point in this lowest area of the surrounding low plains the storms were heaving with loud bark and no bite.
From my vantage point I watched the clouds boil past as the cows with calves in tow headed out into the cooling fields and the pigs enjoyed the breeze.
The dark came with Alaskan swiftness and as we headed back into the kitchen, other clouds moved in and the rain began to fall. All the drama weather took itself elsewhere leaving us with the prescribed half inch of good growing rain.
Let’s look at this one again – it really is quite a magnificent image.
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Yesterday we cleared a bed of overgrown asparagus, the weeds came out really easily. In this humidity and with that rain last night I am sure we will be picking some good feeds very soon. My beds are a good seven years old so we can pick for a while without damaging next years crop. And Valerie loves asparagus too!
Last night we made a tarte tartin with mulberries. The mulberry trees are heaving with fruit. There will be a mulberry something every day! Today mulberry sorbet! Then mulberry jam.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love celi
Wednesday 20% Precip. / 0 in
Generally cloudy. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High near 80F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night 60% Precip. / 0.08 in
Cloudy skies this evening followed by scattered showers and thunderstorms overnight. Low 66F. Winds ENE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 60%.
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82 responses to “THE DOOM CLOUD”
Looks like a roll cloud!
Lovely isn’t it.
Very unique
Beautiful pictures. Love the story clouds.
Storm stories…
ooooh! I love the anticipation of ‘something’s coming’ with clouds like those! Making me homesick for our farm in Cottage Grove, Oregon when clouds like that would come roiling and boiling through!!! Thank you for sharing these with us, Ceci!
I am here to share!
Reblogged this on albits and commented:
Following this farm journal through the year gives me an awareness of the beauty and mystery of a world I seldom experience, living as I do among brick buildings and lots of concrete. I encourage friends to visit. You will meet new friends too, like Boo and Tane and especially my man Wai Wai.
You should come too!!!
Love the photo! Definitely reminds me of my childhood in the midwest! Also the black and white photo looks straight out of the movie the Wizard of Oz, just need to see the evil school teacher riding her bike!
Great clouds, very threatening.
I miss having mulberries. None here at all. I would pick them while out in the dog yard with the boys, I had a lovely old white mulberry tree which produced plump purple-black berries. Muberries on ice cream, mulberries in a dish with just a little sprinkle of sugar and my maternal grandmother used to make mulberry jelly. I did see that there are elderberry blossoms out in the forest preserves, I miss her elderberry jelly too.
Jelly! Hmmm.
I helped get all the little stems out, but it was wonderful.
Those pictures are SPECTACULAR. I love the rich colors that gather under clouds, don’t you? As if the doom cloud is giving you your last chance on earth to deeply enjoy being a sentient being.
Yes – last chance! Maybe that is why we stop and stare expectantly at storm
Clouds.
Oh my – if I had thought of that I could have put Valerie on a bike and rode her through. It does have a storybook feel.
In reply to candy.
Amazing clouds! Stellar photos too!
Those photos of the storm are quite shocking, I am glad that they did not turn into much. We have had some pretty serious winds here (many big old trees have broken) but the sky has never quite looked that emotional.
Have you ever seen the ‘Morning Glory’ cloud formation? Your cloud is similar. Both are spectacular! xx
No. I have not seen that / I will look it up
Oh, I miss mulberry things…
That last photo is more like a painting. Spectacular!
Yes it does have that quality
Reblogged this on Let the Balloons Sail Me Away and commented:
“…and as we headed back into the kitchen, other clouds moved in and the rain began to fall…” ❤
Incredible photos…We get weather like that too up our mountain. The clouds pass through the gorge to reach us, sometimes heading away, other times rolling in right overhead. Don’t think I’ve ever eaten a mulberry!