Hail and thunder

This year, after the hot weeks were over, we've had one heck of a thunder season. Can't remember similar. Thunder and lightning and hard rain day after day, several days a week. Today was the latest episode of thunder and lightning right on top of us, accompanied by hard rain and hail, nearly 1cm in diameter.

Hailstorms belong to spring

Yesterday we had a a couple hailstorms that left the ground all covered with ice balls.

Today the weather has been a bit nicer. Some rain just a while ago, and windy, but I had a nice enough (and dry too) walk with the dog right before the rain, as the dark clouds were gathering up. I noticed the first dandelions of this spring as we walked, and that the weather is cool enough for the ant colonies to mostly stay underground today; only some special forces unit seemed to be out and about, guarding the nests. A lone bumblebee was buzzing in the grass, working on fallen pussy willows.