Gray days

Two gray days full of altocumulus clouds making monochromatic ripples across the sky. Sometimes on the beach there are sand effects like this after several soft waves lap the gray-brown sand we have here on the coast of Virginia.


The top painting was done on Tuesday, December 6th at about 2 pm facing east. The bottom painting is from 4 pm on Wednesday, December 7th facing west. just before the deluge. Storms in central Virginia last night brought down trees and almost an inch of rain in just a couple of hours. Wind gusts of up to 70 mph broke tree limbs and caused hazardous driving conditions with many power outages (including my workplace!).


The mighty James River was the color of hot cocoa and dotted with large tree trunks and branches this morning (December 8th). The temperature plummeted by 25 degrees overnight and the sky is now clear. What a dramatic cold front--brrrr!