Humidity hugging you and Distant thunder

Distant Thunder, 9 by 12 watercolor, 140# Fabriano Artistico

Summer on the southern Great Plains doesn't look at calendars. 
Today the humidity and temperature  soared, almost sticky, certainly sweaty, weather with bright sunshine. And in the afternoon, the clouds started building, and afar off you could hear the rumbling of thunder as the horizons turned hazy, and gray blotched the blue skies.
You  feel the humidity hugging you, the sense of summer sourrounding you closely. Watercolor is akin to that moisture. It leads to trying to paint that feeling of distant thunder, of dripping atmosphere.

Oh beautiful for spacious skies....

Before the storm, 9 by 12 watercolor, first attempt, 140# Fabriano Artistico

May, the month of humidity rising, feeding the towering, fascinating clouds of the Great Plains, everywhere you look in Oklahoma.
 Drama overhead, an infinity of shapes and colors feeding connected souls. Today, they were everywhere, morning, noon and evening.

Humidity, heat and haze--August

Today's clouds...humid, hot and hazy...August is almost here

August is almost here, and you don't need a calendar to know it. The day's humidity and heat is rising, especially after last night's rain. The sun covers everything with a haze that blurs sharp outlines. It's my least favorite month, even if the days are getting longer. there's supposed to be promise with the coming of the school year, but the heat just drains enthusiasm and spirits, soaking the world in sweat.
For the record, on common years, no other month starts on the same day of the week as August. On leap years, February does. August ends on the same day of the week as November.
It was first called Sextilis in Latin, as the sixth month of the Roman 10-month year in 773 BC, with March the first month. January and February were added about 700  BC, and it was given 29 days. Julius Caesar added two days in 45 BC. It was renamed August in honor of Caesar Augustus in 8 BC, the eighth month  marking the month of many of his triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. That's more than you kneed to know. It's still one day off, but sine calendars are men's creations, the weather knows, it's just time to be hot.

Oklahoma clouds

Today's clouds, as the temperature and humidity climb, so do these beauties, towers of the Great Plains.