Holler Sunset & The Rains Finally Come!

On By cindy knokeIn HOLLER HAPPENINGS, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, Sunsets

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A rainstorm is forecasted to arrive at The Holler.
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All we can see is a spectacular Holler sunset progression.
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The sky is lit with fire.
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The next day the rain clouds are here, so we head to the ocean to watch the squalls move in.
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Soon they are moving in with attitude!
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We race back to The Holler, where the rains have finally come!
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Cheers to you from the happy Holler plants and critters who are still, at this writing, being blessed with RAIN!

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252 thoughts on “Holler Sunset & The Rains Finally Come!”

  2. I loved watching the stark transformation in the sky here, and oh what a glorious thing it is when the rains finally do come. Lovely post, Cindy. 🙂

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  6. Reminds me somewhat of storms coming on the prairies. Fabulous shots, Cindy!!
    I’m thrilled you got more rain. Is more coming?
    I just want the temperature to get up to around freezing in Toronto. I wore 2 parkas today!

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    1. It looks like the storm may be ending, but it is just possible we may have reached our annual average, too soon to know yet, but it was a substantial storm. I can imagine the need for parkas. We are now talking with the polar bear lodge in Churchill. September is peak polar bear viewing, but oh my, it is nippy up there!!!!!!

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  7. What a great feeling of renewal it is and such an amazing smell when that life giving rain finally comes to soak into the parched earth. Looking forward to the photos of the plant growth that I’m sure you will catch.

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    1. The plants just instantly perk up don’t they! And the birds, line up for rain water bird baths! I can tell by your description that you well undersand drought and the experience of healing rain! Hugs to you Pauline~

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      1. We had drought here for 10 years from 2000 to 2010, so being gardeners we had a spear pump installed to keep the garden alive, but it does not revive the plants the same way that rain does. We have been very fortunate to have reasonably regular (sometimes too regular) rain in the past 4 years, with just occasional dry spells, consequently the garden now looks more like a tropical jungle. But I’m sure the cycle of drought will return at some time in the future, that is the nature of Australian weather, boom and bust, all or nothing… Hugs back to you Cindy… 🙂

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      2. I was there towards the end of your drought, 2009, and it was horrendous, even for us who come from the “fires” zone. I remember everything parched, dying, like it gets here, but I also remember the maelstrom of fires, over such a large area, all the Aussies staying and defending their homes.
        I remember watching the news about the koala bears who don’t leave the eucs when the fires come, and firefighters picking them up, with their burnt paws, and feeding them water from their personal disposable plastic water bottles.
        Some things stay with you, ya know,
        Australia in 2009 stays with me.
        I wasn’t even taking pictures then,
        I need to go back.
        It is on the schedule, which means, Jim and I agreed, for Jan 2016. I want to photograph the birds!
        Oh my gosh I can’t wait. I want to meet Jack’s Galahs.
        I saw them in on the ground in a group in Australia, I didn’t know what they were.
        I found out, when I came home, and visited them in unhappy cages in the US.
        Nothing like them wild and free in Australia.
        Which, it just comes to mind, is a good descriptor for you and Jack. <3 <3

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  9. You are looking at the sun set over the ocean and we see the sun rise over that same mighty ocean. Your photos made me think, how beautiful and although we are at opposite sides and about 1500 km apart the climate is similar. How fortunate we are to live in such wonderful places and notice this beauty and appreciate it. That is the real joyous pleasure. Thanks Cindy for showing us your side.

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    1. I was just writing an essay in response to Pauline’s comment (apologize for me). I don’t know how to describe it, except it is so wonderful to meet people who see the world so much like I do.
      No matter how far apart we are, we are very close together. <3

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      1. I’ve been worrying all day, because of the name of the song, that it would be disturbing, if the lyrics couldn’t be understood.

        A curse that is not always a curse. It depends on your point of view.

        Like a drought that is not a complete drought, and lasts at least a year .. a complete growing cycle and ends soon enough, especially in the spring, is not a curse. It is a blessing, especially, especially if it repeats every so often, but not too often. Some plants and trees only reproduce when stressed. The new growth will grow deeper roots, the weaker will die out and be fertilizer and not block the sun ….

        I am so glad you have had some rain :star:

        Thank you for your beautiful photos and beautiful captions and your beautiful insights, dear Cindy of the <3 Kind Heart .

        P.S I lived most of my childhood in Forest Service housing … if it had all worked out differently I would have gone to school in Corvallis, or Alaska, where the only Forestry schools were, at the time. 😉

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      2. Oh no, don’t worry, I find the things you send me to be beautiful and other worldly-wonderful. I didn’t even notice the name, or if I did, it surely didn’t worry me. I am not worried about curses (I would worry more about the sad sacks that harbor/send them), and certainly know I would not get one from you. I thought the music was haunting and lovely. I understand what you are saying, droughts, like fire, have their role in the eco-system. One thing I do worry about, as I know do you, is the fact that our ecosystem is getting so stressed at this point, and so out of balance, that the droughts and fires may now be a reflection of this deterioration. This does concern me.Hugz to you my friend and no worries about me. I have faith in you. <3

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  18. Thank goodness for the rains Cindy – so happy to read your post. Did you get pummeled with hail as I saw on the news this morning? You photographs are stunning, from the first to the last – there is nothing like a west coast sunset!

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    1. No hail, but the first really steady drenching rain. It will be interesting to see if the roads are passable when I try to leave today. We have some landslides that are teetering and about to block the road, and could go at anytime. Rain will set them off, if they haven’t already~

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  24. So glad you (and the plants & animals) got a good, much-needed soaking. Your sky shots of sunlight and clouds are wonderful (all we need is the Hallelujah chorus) and the blood-red sunset must have been breath-taking!

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    1. Every time I see a sunset like this, I think of wonderful Emily Dickinson, “These are the shores that the sunset washes. These are the banks of the yellow sea….” God, I love her~

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      1. 🙂 Her homestead is a half hour from my town in Amherst. Have you ever visited it? It is open to the public, although I confess I haven’t ever visited. Come out and we’ll go together! 😉

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  29. Magnificent skies and the sunset ones certainly look very different from the ones I viewed at the weekend whilst contemplating the question will it rain if I hang the washing out to dry? Very dark and grey skies then! We did get the rain…minus your pretty rain clouds and general stunning sky weather!

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  32. Ah, Cindy, you must know how much I love sunsets…, and this one is beautiful ! Did the promised precipitation ever come, or were you denied rain again ?

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  35. Wow…. these pictures are absolutely amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever seen sunsets like that.

    Take a look at our newest newsletter. One of your pictures is in it! http://amma.org/sites/default/files/litterprojectnewslettermar-2015.pdf (It started off as a Litter Project newsletter and then turned into a broader GreenFriends newsletter.) Let me know if you want me to put you on the email list for receiving the newsletter. That way you will see any picture I use automatically. Thanks again for letting us use your beautiful photos.

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  36. After weeks of sub-freezing temperatures, we broke into the 50F yesterday. Mist started about noon, transforming into heavy rain by bed time. A half-inch of sleet covered the ground by morning. Now, 6 inches of snow have covered the sleet. What I noticed first, when I stepped outside to feed the critters this morning, was the sound of the seasonal stream in our hollar, roaring away. Spring melt is near. I imagine that your ground is a sponge, soaking in the rain.
    Oscar

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    1. Oh your spring melt sounds like it will be wonderful, once it decides to fully arrive! If you get tired of all the precipitation, don’t hesitate to send us some! 😉

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  37. Hi Cindy,
    I have nominated you for a 5-day black and white challenge. The rules are easy – just hop on over to my site and have a look. I’m sure some of your great images would suit black and white. And it’s only five days. But no obligation, only if you have the time and the inclination. ~Carol 🙂

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    1. We are bit inland, but within a 45 minute drive to the ocean. This is the farthest I have ever lived from the ocean, but I always need to touch base with it~

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  46. Liebe Cindy das sind ja so schöne Wolkenfotos super gemacht wünsche dir auch ein schönes sonniges Wochenende mit vielen lieben Grüßen in Freundschaft Klaus

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      1. Liebe Cindy das wird es haben hier schon herrlichen Sonnenschein es wird ein herrlicher Frühlingstag werden sei ganz lieb gegrüßt in Freundschaft Klaus

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