Rosey Morning

Good Morning!
Once again, I am the only one awake in my home, and then only because of a nightmare.
I wander aimlessly from room to room with a cup of coffee in my hand, looking out the windows. I am amazed by the serenity.

At around 4 this morning a violent thunderstorm passed overhead. Usually most of us in this house will sleep through a storm and will only learn of it the next day. Last night’s storm woke everybody. This baby was right overhead. This was the boogeyman of storms. Even the dog was bothered- and he is not like other dogs that tremble and quake.
I stayed awake for a good ½ hour or more, until the storm abated and I could hear what sounded like one bird chirping. It was sort of like when Glenda sang to the munchkins- “Come out, come out, wherever you are…”

Pretty soon, a few more started in, and that was when I slept. Until the nightmare, which I know was related to a stupid late-night movie I watched a few weeks ago, about a home invasion. I didn’t mean to watch, but I got caught up in it.
That’s what happens to me…I see, hear, or read something disturbing, and I am guaranteed a nightmare. I will purposely watch, read or look at something, or a few things that are funny/pretty/sweet, ‘til I think I have forgotten that awful “whatever” and weeks will pass, then BAM!
So, here I am, now waiting for my newspaper. Maybe the delivery person overslept because of the storm??
What happens to birds anyway, when it storms?

I took these pictures of our roses last night after I pulled into my driveway because I liked the way they looked in the dark.
I snapped the photos with the headlights on and off.
My husband and I planted them a few years ago, and I was certain that I’d killed them last year. They had not been looking good at all, then all of a sudden- BLOOMS galore!

The photo below is from just about the same angle as the top photo. You can see what happened because of the storm. The first little branch is now broken, and the roses are all kind of drooping. I am sure that they will be fine eventually. Well, maybe not that first little grouping...

But the day is shaping up! I’ve just noticed that the sun is working itself out of the clouds.

This is a view of the Southern sky-

This is the North

And this is the East.

Have a wonderful day- no matter the weather!