I really don’t know how the majority of my roses and flowers manage to stay mostly intact with all the rain and storms we’ve had this summer.
We just had a big rain and hail storm and yes there are petals littering the ground around my flower beds, but there are still a lot of flowers on my plants.
I guess I’ll just count myself lucky and cross my fingers as we’re expecting more storms!
I took that photo while I was safely inside my enclosed back porch. It’s through the screen so it’s not as clear as it could be, but it’s not that bad. The vertical streaks are rain and hail. For some reason it never looks like it’s raining as hard in my backyard as it does in the front!
The hail was literally bouncing off the ground and making large splashes!
Speaking of hail … I managed to capture one as it fell:
That while blurred blob in the red circle is a piece of hail. I’d say for the most part that the hail was approximately the size of M&M’s but that one looks bigger .. maybe grape size?
We’ve had more hail with our storms this summer than I can ever remember having! We’re lucky that the hail in this area has been rather small. Some areas (even other parts of Toronto) seem to get even larger hail – like golf ball size and as a result there’s been a lot of damage to cars and other objects this summer thanks to the massively sized hail!
I love how you can actually see the hail “trails” in this picture as it falls to the ground and lands on the grass.
Have you had strange weather in your area this summer too?
adekun says
There’s have been the odd flurry of hail. It comes down really hard. Usually in Japan the hot summer gets interrupted with rain about this time onwards. With the ground being so dry it soon makes a pond.
Teena in Toronto says
We’ve been having some crazy weather, haven’t we?!
Rosemary says
great pictures of the storm
Michelle says
Wow, you sure are having crazy weather. I live in Michigan and it’s been pretty dry hear. I’m wising it would rain so my poor flowers get a drink.
best garden tillers says
i wonder if this did any damage to you garden
Silk Flower says
You showed actual beauty of nature by these beautiful pictures.