First Day of Spring

My intention was to capture some flowering cacti here in the resort to post for the first day of spring, but a late afternoon thunderstorm rolled in from the east and changed my plans.

We saw the rainbow before the rain came. The neighbors and I stood out in the street admiring the end to end full rainbow.

Loud thunder and lightning accompanied the rain. The temperature dropped at least 10-15 degrees as the storm rolled through.

hard rain

heavy rain

the white specks? hail

pea-sized hail on the grill mat/rug

the roof of Lil' Red

The air smells clean. Pollen count will be down for a day providing relief to the allergy suffering folks. Water is standing in the street. The 15 minute storm was a perfect way to welcome Spring!