Spring is here in Wisconsin, the birds and the flowers are telling us so. Here are some Daffodil shots from out at Petrifying Springs (I called it Petrified Springs before, that was wrong.)

The same evening that we shot these daffodil pics, we ran out to the Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine in hopes of catching a nice sunset. Well the sunset didn’t happen the way I hoped, but I got some interesting shots of the lighthouse after the sun went down. Some of them even have the light in the shot.

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After a pretty wild Friday, the weather has settled down here in Wisconsin. Lynne and I missed most of the big storms. Yesterday morning a series storms came through Kenosha, but most of the heavier stuff went north of us. As Lynne and I were driving to Madison we got into a little rain and saw a couple cloud to ground lightning strikes and then had some rain in Madison. That was about all for us.

The most severe thunderstorms were west and north of Madison yesterday. There was one tornado north of Madison in Portage that did some damage. The biggest thing with these storms was the rain. There were areas that reported up to 8 inches of rain yesterday. Lightning also did damage throughout the state hitting a few homes and a church in Milwaukee. The church was St Stephen’s and is over 100 years old. The strike started a fire and destroyed the steeple.

Today has been clear with no storms, but the wind is blowing pretty hard. On the drive back to Kenosha the wind started out of the north, changed to the south about half way to Milwaukee and then changed to the west on the south side of Milwaukee. I don’t think I’ve ever seen the wind change directions like that before.

Now the forecast is for more rain tomorrow and possible snow tomorrow night.

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It’s cloudy and still outside this morning. Everything is damp from the rain we had yesterday and last night. Things seem calm and peaceful. That may change by afternoon though. Today could be my first day of severe thunderstorms since moving back here.

Strong to severe thunderstorms are forecast for this afternoon and evening for southern Wisconsin. Heavy rain, hail, and as always, a chance of tornadoes are forecast. It could get interesting!

Lynne and I will be heading to Madison this afternoon so I may be able to get some cool pictures. I’ve charged the camera battery and the camcorder battery, I’m ready to go. Wish me luck.

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You guys may remember the pictures I took a month ago of the Wind Point Lighthouse in Racine. I went over there last weekend and took some more on a day when the clouds were very pretty in the sky and the wind was whipping across Lake Michigan out of the north.

Here is a cool link to a site about the lighthouse, Seeing the Light, Wind Point Lighthouse

I also got some wild pictures of a very angry and stormy Lake Michigan that day. I don’t know how hard the wind was blowing that day, but the closer you got to the lake, the harder it blew. I was getting blown around pretty good for these shots.

Enjoy!

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You want some proof that spring has sprung back here?
Here it is.

It pretty tough to shoot the same composition on a picture that you shot months earlier. I think I did a pretty good job. I plan on shooting this shot in the summer and fall too. Hopefully they don’t move the bench.

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