Picture, in Anticipation of Summer

I decided it was time to post more pictures here, so I uploaded another half dozen to PictureTrail. (If I don't hurry up, I won't fill up my entire 50 MB allotment before the year I've paid for runs out.) Yesterday was mostly gray and cloudy again, with some patchy sunlight in the afternoon, and tonight it cleared for a while and was colder than most of the nights of January were. It's being a very strange year. Now the clouds are returning. It might rain again. So, today, I'm posting a nice warm picture I took of an evening last June. It will make a nice contrast.

The picture is supposed to be 600 pixels by 800 pixels, but it isn't displaying that size at the site. I don't know if they'll remote load the full size picture, or not. (I think most of the users of the site who use the remote loading option do so for auctions, and I think the pictures at auctions get fewer views than do those displayed at LiveJournal, so Picture Trail might be trimming the size of pictures sent here, to conserve bandwidth, for which they levy no extra charge on users.) In case they do send the full size, I'm putting it behind a cut.

( Evening Sky )

April Shivers

I can't believe how cold it has gotten here today. The sky has been lumpy with gray masses of cloud, and hardly a ray of sunshine has broken through to counter the chill breezes. It was dry, though, until a few minutes ago when sprinkles began. I wouldn't be surprised to see it turn to snow. It's back to five blanket weather. Going to make tea.