Beautiful Moments...

After a weekend of 98 degree stifling heat, tonight a rolling Thunderstorm decided to visit New York and give us all a bit of cooling off....

I seem to have a fascination for Thunderstorms, and this one didn't disappoint me! A shudder of thunder, and a crack of lighting whipped across the sky directly above my head, enough to make me jump...I felt like a child again, surprised and loving the excitement of it!

So out under my apartment building's covered front steps, I indulge in my fascination (and my little smoking addiction!)....I stand there and watch the heavens open.

I look up, and the bolts of lighting spark bright white flashes on the windows across the street, and right in front of me the heavy fast rainfall shines orange, lit by the streetlight near me...It was an absolutely stunning moment.

And while the leaves of the tree in front of me shakes with the pouring rain, people scatter for cover, the streets of the city turn into splashing rivers, the city air is getting a glorious clean..

There is something I find so beautiful about a Thunderstorm so huge above New York City...It's so unbelievably powerful, stunning and natural, and that it can even dwarf a city such as this one....I stand there in complete awe and just watch it....and smile, New York has such perfect moments sometimes...