Stormy, cloudy, and sunny skies!

July 12th – That was a most peculiar day, with rain on and off. Clouds would roll in, I'd retreat into the house and then head back out.

I am reminded of my favourite cloud photo, this was over Bracebridge quite a few years ago.

Rolf wrote in Twitter:

The YOW airport reported a wind gust of 141 km/h at 1:52pm today. That would be the fastest wind ever recorded at the airport. I'm not convinced that it's accurate; but there are power outages in the area so ...

 Ottawa had some power outages!

Kingston got it bad, lots of lightning strikes. We only had a few, but lots of rain.

I love a good storm!

clouds from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

storm from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

Later, a plane went overhead. I wondered where it was headed and if it missed the storms.

It was a relief to get rain. It's been a bit spotty. I haven't had to water, though.

The skies are horrific in Ukraine. 

I've been watching the skies over Ukraine, and the Black Sea. The US, and NATO are patrolling overhead. This is comforting, although Ukrainians are suffering so much, I don't know what can be done. 

The kids, now in Athens, are doing the tourist thing! Their photos are amazing. I picked a couple from the family photo stream that fit my theme of skies.