After the Storm

Yesterday was one of those hot and humid days that Southern Virginia is well known for. Matthew and I spent most of the day in Chantilly Viginia setting up for a large quilt show. He was putting together steel pipe and drape dividers that are used for display of quilts (He was being paid!!) and I was helping Judy Gula set up her Vendor booth for Artistic Artifacts. By te tjnime that we headed sout just ahead of the rush hour wave of traffic the sky was darkening and we had a fabulous view of forked lightening in the near dsitance. As we got to the Back Roads part of our trip , the skies opened that the lightening flashed and we were forced to crawl along, or pull ove rhte wait it out. Not a fun ride home!! Eventually we got ahead of the storm and beat the worst of it back to Stafford and our very nervous and upset dogs and anxious Becca. We were safe and sound .

After about an hour of thunder and lightening and horrendous amounts of rain, the sun broke through and created a shimmering sparkling show in the garden. Out I went with camera in hand to catch the moment. You may click on any picture to enlarge, or , if you don't want to see yet more garden shots, you are free to stop reading now, I won't be too upset!!:(

Even tired roses look suprememly elegant bedecked in glittering drops!

My platter sized Hosta leaves are the pefect stage for glittering diamonds of raindrops!!

I love how my self seeded Dill has fluffed out behind this Pentstemon and is supporting three Swallowtail butterfly cysalis!!!


If you are experiencing summer storms I hope that they are not severe and offer some of the joys that I have found in this after the storm experience!!