Last night I was in town late as a massive storm rolled through, when I finally started towards home the storm had cleared over the town, but still could be seen in the distance putting on an impressive display of nearly constant lightning. I drove home 10 miles further away from the storm and it was still clearly visible in the distance. I tried taking many pictures using various settings but didn't have much success.

At a recent family reunion at a state park in Ohio, one of the activities we did was painting. My sister-in-law brought along several cardboard "canvases" and an assortment of inexpensive paints. The initial suggestion was to paint a tree such that others could then decorate it with multi-colored "leaves", but in the end most people opted to not have others put the "leaves" on their trees. These are the painting that the group created: The one in the bottom row, center is mine. I was definitely channeling Bob Ross from PBS. I think nearly every time I saw Bob Ross' show he did a painting similar to this.

I was just lamenting that I have never seen an iceberg IRL, but reading that many Canadians have never seen an iceberg either made me feel better. A little. I've always wanted to see aurora borealis, too. Ah well, I'm not quite dead yet. ;)

:) Thanks for the great pics. Love them all and the flowers and the smirking duck who looks like he just came from the barber. :)