Notes:
- Thunderstorms rolled through Chicago on April 22, bringing a spectacular lightning display that lit up the city’s skyline. And no worries, Sawsan and Cher are safe!
- Related Posts: Miracle. All of it.
- Inspiration: Inspired by Albert Einstein’s quote: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
It was spectacular…
Only today I realized Cher lived here in Chicago, and started following her.
What gave it away? Could it have been the title of her blog? (The Chicago Files)
When she comments only her name is displayed. Not her blog.
What a light show. Glad I wasn’t there, standing alone with wet bare feet in a wide open field .
wide open field would have been miles from this light show, you would have been safe. 🙂
Yeah, I guess in a city you are hard-pressed to find a field.
Awe inspiring and frightening at the same time!!
It really is!
Absolutely spectacular!!
Wow 😯
off-season version of fireworks
That’s right!
How amazing!
Reminds me of the times we rented a flat with a great view over Lake Zurich. My son was very small and cried, and cried, the thunder made him scream, the dog was barking madly – so I took both of my arms and went out onto the balcony. Dog didn’t want to watch, so she went back inside, son still screamed for a bit but he was fascinated by the lightnings, so that was something….. These are the best demos of nature’s force and power (literally….)
Sawsan, are you really living in Chicago?
Lake Zurich, what an amazing vista to watch a light show.
Yes Kiki, I live in Chicago. Just north of downtown Chicago.
Well well. HH‘s uncle lived in Chicago but I never once heard about the nearness of Lake M….. And you can‘t be downtown AND sending me those amazing ‚sea-like‘ watershots ‚just down the road‘ – can you???? Are you a witch? (Ha ha – a nice one of course….!)
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Chicago is on lake Michigan. I’m only a 7 minutes drive from the lake.
Aaaah, I thought you‘d walk in your nightgown down to the shore , first thing in the morning, took some photos for Kiki, then dipped your tired body in the (re)fresh(ing) water and walked through the dew back to your house, ready to face the day 🙂 🙂 🙂
Easy, Kiki, easy! This is Chicago, not Hawaii!
🙂
But I so like the picture I‘ve drawn for you
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😂
Indecent exposure is a crime here in Chicago that one can get arrested for.
And I’m sure Esam wouldn’t bail me out !!!
But I do hope you know a joke when you see one! And I have no idea who Dave is talking about – should I know about Esam?!
Esam? The head of Sawsan’s household. The King.
Le Roi.
walking in her nightgown down to the shore – HA!
Dave, I see you agree with me! I quite like my own story-telling, even if I say so myself…. 😉
Le Who?
The King, in French.
He is!
Kiki, you are in a league of your own!
Sabrina the Witch!
Still laughing. I’m with Esam!
You’re constantly throwing around new names and nouns – come on – think of the newcomers!!!! I feel so left out here!
Spectacular! I am fascinated by lightning, though it also scares the bejesus out of me…
Miracle. All of it.
That‘s the prerogtive of lightnings…. fascinate and scare – at the same time! 🙂
I LOVE watching them from afar but when one hit our very old Leban cedar I was not enchanted. The tree didn‘t die immediately but three or four years later.
The first house we bought here in Florida was hit by lightning and destroyed 5 days before we closed, Kiki, so I have a whole new (and very healthy) respect for the power of this natural phenomenon…
Oh my God!!!! This is as fascinating as scary – and I understand you perfectly well….. One cannot overestimate the power of this natural phenomena. You were lucky too that the lightning struck before you closed. But what a terrible shock that must have been. And the stress! And the mess!
I won’t complain any more that we still haven’t been able to sell our house; although we too had a very unpleasant experience at the beginning of last year, which then made us decide to eventually sell…. but never as bad as the house burning down 🙁