Silence is not my favorite. In fact, for the last week or so, my favorite part of the day is afternoon when the thunderstorms start. Even today, I had to shut down my computer after the one-one thousand, two-one thousand then BOOM! And shortly after we would see something like this:
lights our sky. I leave the curtains open as long as I can to catch the show. By the way, that was a shot from Pixabay. Wish I could take photos like that!
Anyway, you would think that when the storm moves on it would be silent. Nope. We have frogs that croak whole stories to each other the rest of the night. Only in early morning do they finish their ribbing.
(Pixabay.com)
Early morning is never silent. I think every bird in all creation hang out near our house. I take the dog out for the first ‘outside’ and the chirps and cackles and cock-a-doodles can almost deafen you.
(Pixabay.com)
Even when we turn off the TV and sleep for the night our house shakes with noise. Every person in this house snores, even the dog and cats.
(Not a picture of any of our cats, yep, Pixabay.com)
I think I would freak out if silence ever overcame my world. I would expect an earthquake or a need to invest in hearing aids.
Thank you, Linda G. Hill for this Stream of Consciousness Saturday challenge.
















Love hearing the thunderstorms!
It is so entertaining! I get so used to counting between that I find myself counting for no darn reason! It just fills in between flashes and thunders. We had an amazing show last night!
Counting?! Now that’s something new 😂 I’m waiting for it
I’m a counter by nature, dots on the ceiling tile, stitches I’m knitting, I count with the microwave countdown, etc. So the trick we learned as children to see how far away the lightning hit you count the seconds between the light and the noise. The number gives you an estimate of the miles away. But even between the thunder and the lightning, I found my counting happening. It seemed to make the show even more engaging for me.
It sounds cool! I’ll try this next time 😄
I love to hear and see a good thunderstorm!
It’s hardly ever totally silent around here, either. What is strange, though, is when all the power goes out and everything seems so hushed you feel like you should be whispering, too! 🙂
Yes! At least for a few moments. That non-electrical silence does make you want to whisper! And read–even if it is a struggle for my eyes, the silence makes me want to read real books. Long enough wiithout electricity (and we haven’t had it that long here) I get into a different rhythm of life and work. I love modern conveniences but the lull is inspiring.
Yes, it sure is. It gives you time to slow down a bit, and also to appreciate what we do have these days when the power outage comes back on. 🙂