Minutes before the storm....

Captured just some minutes before a BIG thunderstorm over St.Augustin, FL

Hi my friends,

We are enjoying Florida and it's afternoon showers accompanied with scary looking thunderstorms and a black-as-the-night-sky. But, it's beautiful to see this act of mother nature!

Thank you all so much for the nice comments to my last post :)

We are tired from driving today - need some rest.
Stay with me and see you again tomorrow!
Susanne

A BigThunderstorm Is Moving In

I promised you some days ago to show you more of those very dramatic thunderstorm clouds moving in over our heads, out of James Island.
A fantastic play of mother nature!

There were dark clouds out on the water...

and more dark clouds in the back...

and in between was the sun shining trough and made this dynamic scene

Big international traffic by the Ravanel bridge

Dolphins were swimming in groups in the bay area

A pretty place to sit down and relax, to watch and to enjoy nature

These five dogs needed a cool bath too on that hot
summer day late afternoon

Also friends found some time together to chat, watching the fishing pelicans and the boats going by. I love to enjoy afternoons like this!

That Was Yesterday....

Yesterday, it was a very hot summer day afternoon and it was our anniversary day.

After visiting the art museum in Charleston (more pictures will come about that) and after a great Ice cream "snack" we decided to go out again to our preferred place at James Island. But pretty soon BIG thunderclouds were forming over our heads and wonderful dark clouds moved in from the back. I love nature spectacles like that!

I will show you more pictures from the museum and more from this spot here with jumping dolphins, big oil tankers on the water and more thunder clouds. (Maybe I should save some pics for the "Friday Sky Watch" play).. ;-)

So then my friends, just stay tuned and come back any times. Oh, by the way..... comments are welcome too! :-)

Tropical Beach Scenes

I'm back to my "good old" Palm pictures again.... The pictures are new, but the subject is "old". And I have to tell you again: I love palm trees!

Single palm at Smather's Beach on a cloudy day

That looks like rain out there on the horizon!

Smather's beach is normally empty on a day like this....

...except a sleeping beach bum who is dreaming there on the bench, probably about some better days he had in the past.

Look up to the sky

Storm clouds forming in the north

Lovely evening clouds behind the Oleander tree

It looks like rain is coming any time

These are typical hot summer day clouds

These are the reflections of clouds in the water on the street

I love to photograph also all the different cloud formations what we have here on this island - especial now, this time of the year.

Cloud Impressions after the Storm

What a big and impressive cloud between my two palms in the yard!

This is the view to the south down in my street....

and this is the view to the north where more of the thunder clouds were forming - and it was raining very hard pretty soon again...

...and then, finally it was over!

Golden reflections in the water.

Yesterday the rain never stopped in paradise - Thunderstorms were rumbling on and off and it seems it will never end to be gray and wet. But to the evening finally it stopped and at sunset time we had these wonderful cloud formations around the house. Aren't they majestic and impressive? I had to take some pictures!

A Visit to the Dry Tortugas - Series 6

Take a ride with this small airplane for visiting the Dry Tortugas Islands or catch the Ferry early in the morning.

This picture is the view from the top of Fort Jefferson and it gives me a feeling of eternity, peace and freedom: only blue water, clouds and horizon where ever your eyes are looking around.

After a very intresting guided tour in Fort Jefferson, take a walk on the walls all around the fort and enjoy nature, sunshine and the blue color of the water. You also will see many snorklers enjoying the crystal clear underwater scene.

It's just a perfect day out there - another part of paradise!

The white sandbar is the bird sanctuary across from Fort Jefferson.

Purple Sunset

After a big rainfall the sky looks sometimes like this when the sun is setting down.

Where has the Sun gone?

It's still cloudy a little bit over the island. When will the sun be back again?

Es ziehen immer noch einige dramatische Wolken ueber die Insel und wir warten ungeduldig fuer das "Come back" der Sonne, welches uns die Wetterpropheten fuer heute versprochen haben.

A Beautiful Day

Today is just a beautiful day in paradise!

Very impressive clouds

It looks almost like an exploding volcano, doesn't it? I saw this interesting formation of clouds building up over Key West last fall.

Das sieht ja beinahe wie nach einem Vulkanausbruch aus. Ist es aber nicht... das sind nur ganz spezielle und interessante Wolkenformationen die sich letzten Herbst ueber Key West sich bildeten.

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