I am usually pretty good about keeping my camera battery charged. And thankfully, my battery has a REALLY long life and so I only need to do it every couple of weeks. However, yesterday I noticed that it was getting low. Alaina and I took my mom out for a "girls day out" and I had to be careful about how many pictures I took. My camera has a tendency to take pictures and then *bam* no more.
Well, my camera lasted through our day out. I should have started charging when I got home but I forgot. And then the craziest night of weather happened. And I was left cameraless. Bad Janet.
Enter my lovely iphone camera. When I bought my iphone back in December, I had no idea it had a pretty decent camera on it. I mean, it has no controls or zoom or anything else, but it has 2mp and it takes pretty good photos for being a phone. And so, I was able to capture one of the craziest nights EVER.
It was 90 degrees during the day. I had been burning up. Later in the afternoon it looked like a storm was picking up. I was in the kitchen getting dinner ready when the pounding started. HAIL. And lots of it. It was CRAZY. Everything was covered.
The kids thought it was snowing. They were THRILLED, since it has been two years since they have seen snow. Caleb was HYSTERICAL. He saw the "snow" and said, "SNOW! We need to get a tree and a star and PRESENTS!" LOL! He thought it was Christmas :)
They wanted to go out and build a snowman. We worked fast in the quickly melting balls of ice and built us a little Montana snowman. We grabbed whatever we could find -- and fast. That meant grabbing the carrots and cucumbers that Alaina had been snacking on. Cucumber eyes work, right?
And then the "snowball" fights started. Levi wasn't too thrilled :)
It was seriously crazy...
After the fun of the "snow" was over we went back inside. A bit later, I looked out the front door and saw how beautiful the light was. Bummed that I *still* hadn't plugged in my battery, I grabbed my iphone again and caught this:
And then Jason went out back and called me to see this:
And this (click to make larger):
(I had to use the Photomerge tool in PSE to get the whole thing)
Have you seen anything so gorgeous. And just think of how nice it would have been if I had my real camera batteries charged and ready to go :)
Oh MY!! That is one GORGEOUS rainbow! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing. I am usually a lurker on your blog but read it daily.....:) Keep on sharing. I love reading your blog.
Posted by: Sue | July 24, 2008 at 04:47 AM
I can't believe those are from the iPhone! Wow! I love double rainbows. I caught one from the car once.
Anyway--I just ordered extra batteries and an extra charger (because my "real" charger sprouted legs and wandered off) from a place called sterlingtek.com. There are reviews on amazon, but I ordered directly from their website. Really good customer service and super fast shipping. And crazy cheap. 2 batteries and a charger for $35 shipped or something like that.
Posted by: Anna | July 24, 2008 at 06:21 AM
I'm amazed at the quality of those photos - awesome! What a marvelous display of God's creation!
Posted by: Kara | July 24, 2008 at 07:16 AM
Oh my, that little "hailman" is just too adorable. LOVE your spirit of adventure!
Posted by: denali | July 24, 2008 at 09:34 AM
Totally amazing! What crazy weather! At least you got some great shots with a phone camera! God is good, All the time, All the time, God is good! What a great reminder of His promise - and that is a stunning reminder right there!
Posted by: MandaKay | July 24, 2008 at 04:36 PM
Wow! Those are great! I hate when my batteries aren't charged! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Kristin Hasson | July 25, 2008 at 08:37 AM
YOu take the most awesome and stunning photos, Janet! SLR OR iPhone! Wow!
Posted by: Rona | July 25, 2008 at 03:09 PM
Absolutely gorgeous photos.
Posted by: Barb | August 02, 2008 at 09:54 AM