Storm in the Mountains

So, contrary to what many who live here may think - because the valley is very well irrigated - we live in a desert. High humidity here is anything over, say, 15 percent. And it doesn't rain very often - like this summer we have had 4-5 weeks between rains sometimes. But it stormed last night. Lightening and thunder and all that jazz - almost as good as a midwestern summer thunderstorm. Not quite, but almost. I tried to take some pictures, because the clouds were so gorgeous, but none of them really turned out well. You can see bits of the mountains in the pictures, though. These were all taken in front of our house.I love being able to look out over the valley and see how the weather is coming and what is coming next.

This last one was taken by my almost 4 year old M. Not really of the storm, but she wanted me to put it up.....and I've found that peace and sanity in motherhood comes from arguing as little as possible about the things that don't really matter.....