It has been awhile. Great photos of the birds, though! The cat mingled in there is perfect. I'm pretty sure the neighbor's cat murdered my robin fledglings but, honestly, the cat is more fun than they were!

Grapefruit-sized hail sounds scary. I hope that doesn't happen often! There was baseball-sized hail last week north of Minneapolis that did a lot of damage.

Funnel clouds and tornados are great for photography, if you don't mind the risk of death. It's amazing how powerful tornados can be, isn't it? At least they're usually small in diameter.

You might enjoy this: Lightning Strike Realtime Data

Welcome back, and hope the social media break was relaxing!