Thursday evening, it clouded up, got dark and windy, the temperature dropped from 74 to 54 and the NOAA weather alarm went off with a notice of a severe thunderstorm approaching. I unplugged everything and joined Karl and Bob in the bedroom for a cozy evening reading and listening to the wind and low rumble of thunder.

The large cell passed south of us but we had wonderful soaking rain showers off and on all evening and into the night.

I was surprised to see Bob lying in the wet grass Friday morning when we went outside.

Karl checked on him…

And joined him. A bit of pick-up sticks was in order for the day.

The new moisture and rising sun combined to give the morning a misty start.

By the time Karl and I took our morning walk, the mist was just beginning to break up. Sun shone through here and there and lit the edges of misty clouds with lacy light borders.

The day stayed cool and an afternoon walk was all sunshine and blue sky.

Another pale moon and a bit of alpenglow finished our Friday.