Distant Summer Lightning

Posted on by Ian C.

We knew that our new home was nicely located with a view over the wetlands, but we didn’t realize just how good our weather view would be – it turns out that living in (flat) Florida with the nearest trees a few hundred yards away gives us great views of both sunsets (examples: June, February) as well as the regular summer thunder and lightning – but it’s much harder to record lightning than sunsets!

Last night was spectacular; a storm maybe 20 miles west of us struck lightning both cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to-ground for at least an hour; we were too far to hear thunder except occasional deep rumbles, but we had a great view of lightning. This 1/2 minute clip is extracted from only 3 minutes of video I recorded:

Head to YouTube to watch in higher (full screen) resolution.

The finished pool

Posted on by Ian C.

Yesterday and through the night, we filled the pool; today Atlas Pools returned to finish installing the plumbing fixtures, and set the pump running. They also put chemicals in the water, which sadly mean we can’t go in till at least Sunday – but it’s pretty, and with the pump running, we get to see the bubbler jet and “sheer descent” waterfall!

SONY DSC
SONY DSC
SONY DSC

 

I also put together a build sequence video – with “action” flowing water from the two minutes point …