Ain’t Nature Grand

I got up early this morning to drive around and get some sketches for paintings this week. I wanted a different view of Southwestern Michigan than the infinite faces of the lake pictures I take and paint.I got up early this morning to drive around and get some sketches for paintings this week. I wanted a different view of Southwestern Michigan than the infinite faces of the lake pictures I take and paint.An hour after I left, I got a call from my husband warning me of impending dangerous weather, and, not having found any inspiring views, I had at home. As I pulled in the mile long fire drive, I heard the first claps of thunder. I pulled into the last parking space just as the sky began to turn purple. I walked through our house to the other side that faces the lake, ran to the edge of the bluff to greet the huge, purple bank of clouds heading towards us — the next of the lake’s infinite, powerful faces.I’ll let the video below do the rest of my talking except to I’ll let the video below do the rest of my talking except to quote a dear friend by asking, “Ain’t nature grand?”