Ailsa’s Travel Theme this week is ‘Grey’. Early yesterday evening we were treated to dramatic dark grey skies here in sunny Florida.
As usual, hubby had been working on the abandoned house renovations all day, and when he had got home and showered, we were planning to go out to Home Depot for yet more supplies. Luckily the storm didn’t last long and the skies soon started to clear.
I must do an update on the the house progress. He’s doing a great job, but still so much more to do.
If you have any grey photos to show us, do join Alisa’s Travel Theme this week.
Wow, that does look ominous! It would have me battening down the hatches for sure!
Yes, it did look very threatening. Not a great storm however. 🙂
Yes- an update please 🙂
Yes ma’am. 🙂
Clouds to make you run for cover! Sure hope it rains here soon:(
Sending some rain wishes your way. 🙂
I do love dark, grey skies like this, but also when it clears too. We’ve had some rain lately which I never take for granted. It’s what keeps England so green, as you well know! And I can’t wait to read of your house updates 🙂 xx
Oh yes, we definitely need rain for the gardens, Sherri. I must take some photos of the house progress, although I must warn you that it’s still several months until we’ll be able to live in it. 🙂 xx
Ominous clouds! Got to love FL for its storms, they usually pass quickly, don’t they? It’s been so dry here. We finally got a full day of rain yesterday.
Yes, it passed very quickly, and nothing today so far. Glad you got your rain ration, Geralyn. 🙂
My most favourite kind of weather in the summer. Great shots Sylvia and can’t wait to see how your hubby is progressing with the renovations. 😀
Thanks, Sonel. Yes it’s great to get these storms, but then it pushes up the humidity afterwards. 🙂
Those clouds look quite menacing, Sylvia! Well ‘caught’.
Thanks, Marion. 🙂
I don’t like dark skies, but that first photo is stunning. I have not seen such clouds in a long while, though.
Thanks so much, ZL. Yes, these were very dramatic. 🙂
Hope the storm is already over Sylvia. Fantastic photos shot!
Thanks, DellaAnna. It soon passed. 🙂
I wish for a storm right now. These are cool captures with bushy palm tops.
Thanks, Paula. I hope you get your wish. 🙂
Yes, for the weekend 😀
if we get dark skies like that is usually signals gale force winds!
Yes, I can imagine this is so, especially in your area. 😕
Oh, I hope those clouds stay away from here 🙂 Happy it was a passing storm, Sylvia!
Yes, you don’t need any more rain for a while, Helen. 🙂
I would love to see an update on your house! The grey sky looks so scary!
Thanks, Aletta. Yes, that sky was very foreboding indeed. 🙂
Very scary skies there…….we had some rain finally yesterday, but boy, we could use alot more!
Thanks, Torrie. I hope you get your rain, but be careful what you wish for. 😉
Oh my goodness the sky looked very threatening. Do you get tropical storms this time of year?
Yes we do, and we’re soon going into hurricane season. Hope we don’t get one. It would be my first. 😕
The oncoming thunder storms are ominous before they begin.
Great photographs of them. 😊
Hope your renovations turn out to be all that you want them to be. Enjoy the
developments of it all. 😎
Thanks so much, Issy. I’m sure the house will be great once it’s finished. 🙂
Looks scary and very similar to what I am seeing out of my windows now.
Did you get a storm? Ours didn’t last too long. 🙂
It was not a storm but the wind was quite strong.
That is certainly a very grey sky, Sylvia. I hope the house is going well 😀
Thanks, Dainne. Yes, the house is coming along nicely, even though it still looks a bit of a nightmare to me who likes everything neat, tidy and clean. 😀
I know exactly what you mean 😉
We didn’t get the dark ones yesterday. I thought it was going to rain (again) but it didn’t! 🙂
Same here today. I love when it rains, especially if I’m indoors. 🙂
We had gray skies which unloaded barrels (okay inches) of rain. My son saw a rainbow on the day his first son was born yesterday!
That’s really wonderful, Robin; the rain, the rainbow and the baby boy. What blessings! 🙂
Yes, it really was a magical time for all. I appreciate this happy reply.
❤ 🙂
Still hoping to see some of those gray skies here. What I remember from Florida was the nearly daily rain showers. Most of them short little deluges and then back to sun. We are about to launch a house project not unlike yours and I’m lucky not to have to move until it’s done, or at least close to done. Is a house project ever TRULY done?
Hahaha. That’s a very good question Gunta. Good luck with the project. They came to put in new hurricane proof sliding doors today and the guy who did the measurements had got the tubing wrong by 3 feet. There were also a few other important errors, so they could take a week to sort it out before they come back again. Hubby is a great believer in the saying “if you want something doing properly, do it yourself ” but unfortunately this wasn’t a job he was able to manage on his own. 😁
What incredible contrasts in the first photo. Was the storm as threatening as the sky made it seem?
Yes it does look threatening, but fortunately the wind wasn’t hectic even though it’s apparently almost hurricane season. 😓
Mother Nature, throwing one of her temper tantrums 😀
Absolutely, but she soon blew over. 🙂
Sjoe… lyk dreigend. Het julle donderweer?
Yes lots of thunder and a bit of lightning. Lots of rain. 🙂
Lekker
I have a few threatening cloud sky pictures that I took lately yet that first one I think really beats me. Great images!! I hope by now the sun is shining again!! Love, Amy ❤
Thanks so much, Amy. Yes, we have sunshine this afternoon. 🙂
I’d forgotten your house. I don’t remember you describing it as abandoned before, poor house, it will be your home soon!
Thanks, Gilly. Yes, it had been abandoned for over four years with the roof leaking all over. 😯
Oooo, that’s some storm sky there, Sylvia — sort of exciting but scary, all at once.
Yes, it did look scarier than it turned out though. 🙂
oh wow those are clouds ready to burst alright, we need rain badly in Vancouver here
I can’t imagine Vancouver without rain.My daughter used to call it Raincouver when she lived there. 🙂
That’s what we are proud to call it but recently there’s been barely any 😦
😦
ya :-\ hopefully September will be kind to us :-\
Storm indeed!
You can say that again. 🙂
Great storm capture, Sylvia. Hope you guys got some rain . . . it’s been concentrated around us for long enough.
And, yes, please do an update on your house.
Yes, we have had quite a few rain showers here,Nancy. I’ll do an update on the house very soon. 🙂
look at that! what a great capture Sylvia! 🙂 we seem to get a lot of rain lately which is good for the plants! 🙂
Thanks, Lola. Happy for your plants, and mine. 🙂
It looks like storm is about to come!
Yes, lots of thunder and lightning, but not much rain. 🙂
We can’t seem to get any rain lately, Sylvia. 😦
I’ll send you some of ours. Although we don’t get a lot, at least we do have the occasional rainstorm. 🙂