It’s another Skywatch Friday and I’m going to contribute some North Dakota storm clouds. I love the prairie–I love birding on the prairie, when the sun is out and it’s spring, nothing quite beats bird song on the prairie. However, when it’s rainy and windy, nothing can be quite as brutal as birding on the prairie. There are no trees to slow the wind and the rain, but the expanse is vast and you can get a clear view of the storm about to hit you. I love the look of clouds right before a rain. I love the view of a minimum maintenance road disappearing into an approaching storm, the unknowable is ahead.
I think this is one of my favorite views in North Dakota–painted beehives under storm clouds on a prairie.
Both shots are great. The beehives are very interesting too.
I want to walk down that road and into the sky–beautiful.
Awww good old ND. My husband was born in Minnesota and also lived in Fargo ND. Small world.
Happy SWF!
Those are beautiful clouds.
Do you still have bees in North Dakota? There are so many places where the honey bees just disappeared and abandoned their hives.
These are nice photographs.
Abraham
A road to the sky! Wonderful!
And I have never seen painted bee hives. How interesting.
Yep – I’m pretty much in for those sights, too! Love the 1st one!
Cheers, Klaus
and the smell of the oncoming storm. The mix of the dust and the rain still gives me a sense of peace.
Growing up in ND, I used to think that the parallel tracks of the highway were left by the giant Nordic skiing gods.
Liz in NoWhere PA
Both great shots but the first that sweeping road just grabbed me.
So colourful bee hives -very nice! Great shot for SWF. Have a good weekend.
How beautiful and lovely shots! Very interesting post about the beehives too! Great job!
love a picture of a road. And the sky tops it off perfectly. Beautiful
Great drama in those skies, nice work:)
Roads have so much possibility. My husband is enchanted. He’s from ND and is loving seeing these pictures.
such a beautiful, wide open sky! It really makes me want to see the prairie.