Tag: nature

End of June Nature & Fun on Facebook

Carol 16 Comments

Today I’m sharing memes and photos from Monday and Tuesday on Facebook. I’ve shared before that I follow several local weathermen who share interesting sky formations and explanations. Last week was no exception. They periodically explain about shelf clouds. Last Monday, June 30th, there was a shelf cloud in the Tampa Bay area as a line of thunderstorms moving onshore put on quite the show.

A shelf cloud is a low, horizontal, wedge-shaped cloud associated with a thunderstorm’s gust front. It forms when cool, dense air flowing out from a thunderstorm (the gust front) meets and forces warmer, moist air upwards, causing it to condense and form a cloud. Shelf clouds are often dramatic, appearing as a long, low, and sometimes ominous cloud formation along the leading edge of a storm.

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Peace Lily in the Garden

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No matter the heat, the large peace lily in the quadrangle garden is covered with blooms. Peace lilies are native to tropical regions, so they thrive in environments with higher humidity. That’s the summer environment in Florida – hot and humid. They also prefer bright, indirect light. Avoid direct sunlight, which can scorch their leaves. The bush is thriving despite the fact it receives some direct sun. Surrounded by the condo building I live in, many hours of the day it is in the shade. As the sun travels in the sky each day, it also receives some full sun. A few of the leaves have scorching on the edge.

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A Nice Day By a Lake

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This time of year here in Central Florida it is already unbearably hot and humid with a heat index in the 100’s (F).  Sometimes a front moves in from the north with cooler air.  Then I dance a little jig and take a walk. It doesn’t last long and doesn’t happen often in summer. I’ll take what I can get.

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A Beautiful Day

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It’s Tuesday, and the last few days have had spectacular skies. The weather prediction is for rain late today and scattered showers through Friday. Here’s some views you might like.

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Michigan Fun With Family & Friends

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“Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience.”

–Ralph Waldo Emerson

I’d like to start today’s post with photos from my nephew James’ wife, Heather, and her spring plant buys. If you’ve been around several years ago, you might remember Heather switched from a huge haul of annuals each spring to mostly perenials with some annual additions each spring. This has worked well with less work until this year. This circular bed has lost half of the perenials. The wooden flower pot always had annuals in it.

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Wednesday in The Condo Grounds

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Our dry season here in Central Florida is coming to an end. We’d not had rain for a while until a nice wet front moved in from the west. It had originally come from Texas across the Gulf coast to Florida. We had rain late Friday, some again on Saturday, and finally on Sunday. Everything green is smiling.

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Lazy Days at My Florida Condo

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I’m relaxing this afternoon after several days of working on blog posts. Some posts like this one are just easy to write. That’s what I need after working hard for several days on brunch for mothers and then a look of low maintenance flooring.

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Checking Out Almost Famous Chicken

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Since my childhood, I’m been a big fan of fried chicken. Like many southern families, we ate quite a bit of fried food. My mother’s fried chicken is one of my favorite memories. As a senior, I grew up in a time where we ate homecooked food daily. Take out was unheard of. Going to a restaurant was a treat, and we sat at tables with cloth tableclothes.

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