Since this was just about the first fine summer weekend we are having here, I was determined not let a small flu keep me inside. I set out driving and stopped to look every time something interesting showed up by the side of the road. I felt the effects, I was sweating all the time and my heart was beating faster than I would’ve liked it to. Then suddenly I heard thunder cracking in the distance and sure enough, a big dark cloud was approaching. Otherwise it was sunny and nice, so I decided to keep driving as long as the weather would allow, and I might even get nice images out of the weather conditions. At some point I stopped at a bog to check for flowers – I’m rather partial to orchids at the moment – and saw a big dark cloud in front of me and heard the thunder again… from behind me! I started turning around and saw no less than four separate storm fronts which either had been circling me all the time, or I had managed to drive away from them. No wonder I had been feeling so hot… but it wasn’t all fever, the oppressive heat preceding a thunder front had a lot to do with it as well! Just didn’t see it coming.