Hailstones from my front yard.

[MuseRider]

I thought you all might like these pictures.





Certainly made a hell of a noise in my truck, thankfully nothing is broken.

[bettyellen]

1. when was this?

i have to check the weather channel. you're in so jersey right?

[MuseRider]

4. No, Kansas.

Bad storms all around us earlier. We did not get anything bad here thankfully. Just some big hail.

[bettyellen]

9. ooops i'm sorry, i keep confusing you w/ NJ Cher- it's the trumpet??

thingee in your sig line. we were supposed to get hail the other day.
:hi:

[MuseRider]

11. No problem!

It is a clarinet by the way :).

[bettyellen]

15. good to know. i'm sure you noticed cher's too.

i confuse you two also cuz your both so nice.
:hi:

[MuseRider]

17. WOW thanks!

:hug: that made my night!

I think the same of you :hi:.

[XemaSab]

2. Man, I thought my marble sized hail was impressive!

That's scary!!!! :o

[MuseRider]

5. I was driving when it hit.

I thought I was being shot at. I saw it but it all fractured as it hit but when it hit in the back of the pick up it made quite a noise.

I have seen it this big but not often, twice so far this spring though.

[saltpoint]

3. It looks as if a sustained blast of hailstones that size would have

taken out half your state.

Everybody ok? People? Cats and dogs?

[MuseRider]

6. HEY!

Fine here but I probably should drive back out to the farm and check the horses. The old guy often just freezes when something scares him and I always worry but he is always OK.

[saltpoint]

8. Good idea -- for both you and the horses. You could put on some

music and just drive out there.

Those horses will be happy to see you came out.

(I love horses.)

[MuseRider]

10. Aguila on the XM

but I just got home from there. I am sick of the drive but it is only 10 miles. Yes, they are so sweet. I left both pastures and the stalls open so they would be able to get out of it when it hit but that does not mean he would not be too confused to do that. Poor old guy, I love him so much it hurts. K, headed back out before it gets dark. :hi:

[saltpoint]

16. Hot dog I love it. Those horses are in good hands. -- n/t

[Random_Australian]

7. Very imopressive! I'm impressed! n/t

[xmas74]

12. How long ago was that?

We're getting some nasty winds right now and the temp is dramatically dropping.

I want to know what to expect next.

[MuseRider]

19. Sorry, I had to run

and did not get back to you. It was about 7 maybe? I have not looked since I just got back but it seemed everything was going NE pretty quickly. Good luck, I sure hope you don't get any really bad stuff.

[xmas74]

37. No watches for me right now-

everything's to the north. Haz wx advisory for me tonight through tomorrow.

[MuseRider]

38. You just be careful then.

We are cool for a couple more days. In fact it looks like the weather is going to be more seasonal. I don't know about you but 94 and 91 degrees in early April is kind of freaking me out. Back to the 70's this week thankfully.

Stay safe.

[xmas74]

40. You stay safe too.

I know that early afternoon it had to be at least the late 80's, then dropped w/in a few minutes into the mid 70's.

I hate that crap. It always makes me wonder if my tornado kit is completely stocked or not. And we both know that tornado season-wise, the worst is yet to come. May hasn't arrived yet.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. The second pic looks like a skull!

Very scary-looking stuff! Glad you're ok! :hi:

[MuseRider]

20. You're right!

I did not see that at all. Funny and very odd.

How the heck are you? I have not been in the lounge in a long time. Playing a lot? One more concert this season for me but it has been a good one, great music this year. How about you?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

33. I just performed an incredible choral piece last night...

James MacMillan- Seven Last Words from the Cross
Words aren't adequate to express the depth of this work...It sends me to some other realm.

Columbia's doing Shostakovich 10 for the final concert at the beginning of June. First rehearsal's Monday. Lotsa work to do!

I've got a Verdi Requiem next week as well as a chamber orchestra concert...Haydn 88 and Mozart Jupiter. And next month is an all-Tchaikovsky concert...March Slave, Rococo Var., and Sym. 5.

So I'm kind of busy... ;-)
What's up with you?

[MuseRider]

35. I will have to check that piece out.

It sounds wonderful, there is nothing in this world like playing a piece that touches you so.

We are doing Shostakovich 6 next year, I am looking forward to it.

All Tchaikovsky? That will be fun. You are very busy, I am looking forward to the summer off. I am not going to be playing this summer since I am hopefully getting some surgery on my little fingers. It is difficult to play when your tendon gets hung up and your finger gets stuck! I can't wait to have that fixed.

We just finished Mahler 1. An astounding piece and one of my favorites but a lot of work. Mahler always is though and well worth the effort. We also had David Schifrin here to do the Mozart Clarinet Concerto on his Bassest Clarinet. What a nice man he is. I have his email and may have the chance to run into New York and see him play in May and perhaps get backstage (perhaps not, we will see), still a very nice man who plays so beautifully. Last concert is a pops with Tesseract, a traveling group of the Cirque de Soleil. There is a ton of music with them and our conductor added some of his own so there is a ton of practicing to be done but a very fun concert, I only hope someone videos it because we won't be able to see it as they will be hanging over us part of the time.

That is what is up with me for now. Love it, I am so fortunate to be doing this.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

41. I love Mahler 1...

It's a great showcase piece for an orchestra. Nobody can say they're bored!

Wow...I didn't know you were facing surgery. I hope it goes well for you. That's got to be a scary prospect even if you totally trust your surgeon... Keep me posted, ok? :hug:

[DancingBear]

14. Hey, I know those hands!!!

:) :)

(I am ambulatory, and made zero(!) mistakes while writing checks a while ago. This is good, yes??)

[MuseRider]

18. YAY! You are better!

Hey there Bear who is almost ready to dance again!

As long as you had your glasses, you did didn't you? Hint: check the top of your head. :hug:

[merh]

21. You sure someone didn't spill their cocktail in your front yard?

That's what they look like, ice straight out of the ice tray.

And that is a pretty big piece of ice if it falls from the sky and hits you or your car. x(

Just imagine how big they were before they hit! :freak:

:hi:

[MuseRider]

25. I should have made Margaritas!

Damn, I did not even think of it. LOL. Thankfully there was not a lot of hail. I have seen it piled up over a foot deep but this time it was just big but fairly sparse, you could still see the grass.

How are things? I hope they are coming along for you. My conductor says sometimes he can see a small change here and there but sometimes when he goes down there it all looks the same as last year after the storm.

[merh]

31. It is a very slow process.

In some areas, you can hardly see a change.

In other areas there has been progress.

I'm doing okay, good days and bad days, but I haven't give up hope nor will I stop trying.

Thanks for asking :hug:

Here's to the next hail storm and margaritas! :toast:

[mdmc]

22. they are HUGH111

big!

[MuseRider]

23. Series!!!!!11111

LOL, I keep catching myself using hugh for huge now. I almost posted it once in a serious post.

[mdmc]

28. peace, muserider!

happy holiday

[MuseRider]

30. Peace to you as well

and you have a wonderful holiday too.

[salin]

24. We had huge hail in Indy last night... like yours,

I was listening to the pelting - and with each bang - hoping there was no lasting damage (which appears to be the case).

We have always experienced extreme weather in the spring and fall in this part of the midwest, but it seems so much more frequent in recent years - that it, and global warming, is becoming a part of normal/everyday conversations. Very interesting shift.

[MuseRider]

27. Hi salin!

It does seem to be different. I have noticed big changes in the wind. It is always windy here but the last two years and particularly this year it seems that within the wind is a bigger wind that is more than a gust. I don't know how to describe it really except it is intense, longer than a gust and you can hear it.

It is kind of scary. I love the weather but I am happy to keep it at this level. I don't want it to get worse!!!

I'm glad you did not have any damage. We didn't either. Sure makes a big noise doesn't it?

[salin]

34. Hi MuseRider

like you, I hope that it doesn't get any worse. Glad that you didn't sustain any damage. The noise is a wee bit unsettling.

Interesting is the growing # of comments per increased frequency of the storms and high gas prices. Am in a regiion that is complacent and rather rightward leaning (politically speaking) - and am noticing more and more outward criticism instead of apathetic complacency.

[uppityperson]

26. HI, nice hail, no tornados?

no tornados is good, and hi.

[MuseRider]

29. UPPITY! How the heck are you?

There were tornados but north of me. There was damage but I have not heard the reports yet.

[uppityperson]

32. I'm doing well, busy with this and that

UppityTeen graduates in a couple months and heads out to college. Took him and a friend down to LA for spring break, got to meet merh, working various places deconstructing, constructing, cooking, cleaning, etcing and they both want to go back between school and school. Economy sucks but life is ok. Figuring out how to talk with Mr.UP (hey, did you know that men and women communicate differently?).

Life is ok. Cold wind and rain right now, no tornados which I do not miss at all. Kind of wild there in the central states these days. How are you doing?

[MuseRider]

36. Just great here.

Wow, he is graduating? That is such a big step. One of mine is home right now and the other will be home for a little while tomorrow. It is always so nice to have them home.

That is wonderful that you went to help out and that your son went with you. Awesome as a matter of fact.

HA! Sometimes I am simply happy that Mr. MR and I are even communicating at all! Men are strange beings aren't they? ;)

[RevCheesehead]

39. Yesterday, they had 4-1/4 inch hail in southern WI.

I'm up north with my dad, but I left my car parked outside his apartment. I just hope I have a windshield when I get back there in a few days.

[MuseRider]

42. Groan!

I hope you have a windshield too. That is big hail.

[mwdem]

43. Holy Guacamole, Muse!

I haven't talked to the kids this a.m. - where did the bad weather hit? They're both living in OP now, and I missed the weather last night. Glad your safe, but watch out. It sounds like May could be worse than when I was there.