Sky on Fire

What a wonderful sunset tonight.  The clouds were so unusual - social networks were filled with pictures people were posting of the amazing skies tonight.  The colors were so different.  We sat there, awestruck, just marveling at the skies overhead.  The landscape was yellow, such a different hue that the three of us sat out on the back deck just looking upward in wonderment.

It was a good day today - obviously starting with the School of Ballet again.  We dropped Madison off for one more session, and she of course enjoyed it greatly.  We had plans to go in one direction afterwards, but a last-minute skit request from pastors meant a change in direction for the day.  Fortunately, we were able to mix a little business with pleasure.  While out looking for duck calls and long beards (more on that in a bit), we anticipated stopping at the Mall of Georgia.  There, and just before the derecho, we were able to have some fun in the sun with Madison.

Yes, the Mall of Georgia fountain was up and running again.  Madison had a great time just running around, trying to avoid getting wet - and failing miserably.

It's a nice fountain they've got there - and it looks like some other children had a similar idea in mind.  This was such a simple stop and a quick and easy idea, but Madison really enjoyed it.  Her eyes perked up when she heard that we might be stopping by the fountain.

We raced the storm home.  We could see it looming over us, to the north.  It was sweeping down rapidly to the south, an unusual trajectory for a storm system.  It was an unusual one for sure, moving fast and causing a lot of damage in certain parts of Georgia.  Fortunately, not ours.  Our county saw a deluge of rain (which happened just after we got home), but nothing like the wild winds we heard about elsewhere.  The end result was even more rain - lots of it - and on the positive side, cooler weather.  We definitely could use that!