We had a powerful line of thunderstorms to go through last night. I watched the approaching storms thinking we’d finally get some much-needed rain but it turned out to be more fury than falling water.<\/p>\n
As everyone turned in for the night, one by one, I was left doing some last-minute work on the computer. Finally, my eyes were just too heavy so I began the route to lock doors and turn lights off. As I made my way to the back door, I was overcome by the night sounds.<\/p>\n
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(Click start for night sounds.) It was very dark; my eyes couldn’t adjust to capture any form out back but my ears were overwhelmed. I grabbed my camera and began to set it up for a recording but it warned me \u201cSubject Too Dark.\u201d I knew that. I didn’t want pictures, per se; I wanted the sound.<\/p>\n
For once:\u00a0 no airplanes, no cars, no horns, no tractors, no television, no computer, no roosters, no sheep, no \u201cnothing else.\u201d It was so… settling. Yes, the subject was \u201ctoo dark\u201d but in my mind’s eye?\u00a0 It was perfectly lit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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