The word of the day for July 12, 2008 is "thunder" — noun — 1 : the sound that follows a flash of lightning and is caused by sudden expansion of the air in the path of the electrical discharge. 2 : a loud utterance or threat. 3 : bang, rumble [the thunder of big guns].
So much for getting up early to assemble the new do-it-yourself kennel for the dog. Thunder woke us around 6:00. I put Bubbles out to do the necessary under a pyrotechnic display worthy of the Independence Day celebration just past. He quickly completed his business, came back in and huddled up to Lloyd.
As far as I can tell, the lightning was all cloud-to-cloud, but I still worried a bit because lightning is not predictable. A couple of weeks ago, a Bradford pear down at the corner was struck during a storm. It was somewhat of a wonder that the tree did not fall on the house. The neighbor says he will have to take it down. It's a shame, because that's the third B. pear on that end of the block to be taken down. The first two were in the second yard from the corner. They were damaged severely by ice a few years ago.
Our quote for the day is from Wallace Stevens (1879–1955), U.S. poet. “Landscape with Boat”:
He brushed away the thunder, then the clouds,
Then the colossal illusion of heaven. Yet still
The sky was blue...
;^) Jan
3 comments:
I hate it when trees are struck by lightning and either destroyed or have to be cut down. But on the other hand I guess that trees are better than people, trees can be replaced.
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We to had a great thunder and lightning storm last Sunday..my friend Mary dosn't like them at all...but I do...wee Dee is not to bothered by it but myl ast wee dog Tam was absolutely terrified poor wee thing used to try to get away by digging down through the carpets !! where he thought he might land I have no idea ..
We have had so much rain this week we are all quite fed up with it all. However today has been not to bad we manage dto ge out whilst the sun was shining. Love sybil xx
Don't want to be fussy, Jan, but it doesn't say in the first line that your word is actually thunder; there's just two double-quotation marks! A chimney-stack was destroyed in the heart of Amsterdam, Holland, today - by a lightning strike.
Guido
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