Sometimes, just sometimes, everything comes together like clockwork. Today was not such a day. A thunderstorm “showed up” by surprise, none was forecast in my area. So when it did start, it started with a loud bang, unlike any other t-storms.

This one  started as if someone had flipped a switch.

Sometimes you just have to go outside and see/hear what is there. I was kind of tired of the steady rumble on my recordings in town, even if it’s only a village. The rumble most certainly comes from the nearby highway as well as from the A/C units everyone is using in town.

Not many ways around it without making the recording sound tinny and unnatural.

It’s not often I get up early in the morning, wide-eyed and bushy-tailed. I usually fall back into a deep sleep until well past civilized wakeup times. Sometimes, though, it happens. Last weekend was such a time. I was awake at 5:30 am and couldn’t get back to sleep.

So the next logical step was to grab a face cloth, dunk it in icy water and put it on my face to make sure that this golden moment wouldn’t go away.

Soon I will have to make some decisions. As well as fine suitable locations where to carry out my plans. When I was recording these Spring Peepers, they were close to an intersection with traffic coming and going all ways. It was not very busy, but this was a spot where I could find Spring Peepers.

Spring Peepers are tiny tree frogs, making a very specific sound in spring.