I think it was Roberta, a former Keys resident who dropped me a line mentioning how much she likes summer clouds over the Keys. So, I thought, here are a few.
The summer clouds are building in intensity. At work Saturday night we heard thunder over key West and expected a downpour which never came. Summer thunderheads are impressive things, rising vertically up into the sky and spreading out like a mushroom cap at the top.
The rain they produce can be impressive too, sheets of it starting out with big fat drops and gathering in intensity as the cold winds die down and the rain falls like a leaden sheet. It makes for great drama and variety to break up the continuous sunny days.
The photographer Clyde Butcher calls them Florida mountains a term I like very much. He stands up to his waist in the muck of the Florida Everglades to get his pictures. Me I stand there and take a picture in relative comfort and think my thoughts.
The winds are still strong out of the southeast and the clouds are scudding across the sky like they're in a hurry to get somewhere. 
I guess these clouds are a preview of coming attractions. I hope this weird dry hot weather isn't paving the way for some weird wacky hurricane weather this summer. That might suck.
The summer clouds are building in intensity. At work Saturday night we heard thunder over key West and expected a downpour which never came. Summer thunderheads are impressive things, rising vertically up into the sky and spreading out like a mushroom cap at the top.The rain they produce can be impressive too, sheets of it starting out with big fat drops and gathering in intensity as the cold winds die down and the rain falls like a leaden sheet. It makes for great drama and variety to break up the continuous sunny days.
The photographer Clyde Butcher calls them Florida mountains a term I like very much. He stands up to his waist in the muck of the Florida Everglades to get his pictures. Me I stand there and take a picture in relative comfort and think my thoughts.
The winds are still strong out of the southeast and the clouds are scudding across the sky like they're in a hurry to get somewhere. I guess these clouds are a preview of coming attractions. I hope this weird dry hot weather isn't paving the way for some weird wacky hurricane weather this summer. That might suck. 
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