Some images of the aftermath of last nights hail storm. I have been hoping for some Autumn showers, my wish has come true. There was a deluge of rain on the Saturday night of last weekend, which caught me by surprise and I could not get back to my car for at least half an hour, not until the rain had cleared a little.
Last night was quite a light show, dark skies, crashes of thunder, flashes of lightning, then came the deluge of rain and hail stones all whipped up by the wind. The visibility was practically zero, I was so pleased to be at home. The noise was deafening and many hail stones hit my glass doors and windows, thankfully no breakages.
I actually find storms quite invigorating, you can feel the change in the atmospheric pressure, a sudden coolness in the air and the scent of rain. I am not fond of storms if I am driving.
These photos were taken after the storm had eased, some of my trees and plants are a little damaged as there are leaves and bark everywhere, I will clean up tomorrow.
When I did venture outside the air was cool and refreshing with the beautiful scent of the rain mixed the many fragrant leaves such as the Lemon Scented Gum, Tea Tree and Eucalyptus which had been torn by the ice. It was lovely to walk outside and feel the icy hail stones crunch beneath my shoes, perhaps one day there will be snow; I can only hope.
Saturday, 22nd March 2014, around 6.30PM
