It’s a beautiful day outside today (at least where I live). It’s sunny and comfortable with temperatures topping out in the middle 70s with a nice, light breeze. Shame I’m indoors working, huh? Today would be a great day to go to the park or lay out in the hammock in the backyard. By Friday, the weather is supposed to turn rainy and colder again. One of the problems with spring is the wildly changing weather patterns, but one of the coolest things spring provides is a chance to check out some unusual and amazing weather phenomena!

I am fortunate enough to live in the same state as the famous moonbow, and I’ve gone to see it on more than one occasion, but primarily I’m a storm watcher. When the thunder rolls in, I open my curtains and windows and just sit and watch the mammatus clouds and lightning strikes. It’s just completely soothing for me, despite all the chaos it might cause outside and how it might ruffle the feathers of the world’s ugliest bird.

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