Leila Barber- thunderstorms

My dad has a house in Vermont that I visit every summer. It doesn’t have television, internet connection, and I rarely get cell phone service. It is located in a small town with a small ratio of people surrounding. When I am there, I am basically extracted from all distractions of my daily life. Traditionally, my dad plants a huge vegetable garden in the lawn and I entertain myself by reading books and doing a lot of artwork. The town is very quite, almost still and ghost-like--dead, essentially its a ghost town with nothing going on. Vermont summers are gorgeous. Everything is green and full of life. You can see every season noticeably well there. Summer thunder storms are quite frequent and as another tradition we all sit on the front porch, usually without power, and watch/listen to the storm pass. It is such a tranquil site that I only come across very few times a year.