It was worth the try to photograph Mt. Hood, with the gray clouds to the west and blue sky to the east. It is close to summer, right? Summer is next week and this is the middle of June.

Mother Nature has apparently suspended summer this year, so Oregon is pretty much stuck in November.

I step out of my car, dressed in t-shirt and shorts, and grab my camera to photograph this contrasting weather scene. The clouds plow in very quickly, concealing the 11,239-foot volcano, and snowflakes-yes snowflakes-begin to fall.

The last couple of days the weather brought warm temperatures to the mountain. As you can see, the cold air mass and the warm, wet pavement creates some fog. Even though snow fell, it wasn’t sticking to the surface because of warm ground.

Returning from Mt. Hood and passing through Boring, lightning flashes across the sky, thunder rumbles, and the sky vomits rain. In Milwaukie, my outdoor thermometer reads 49°F at 3 p.m. in the middle of June, which is incredibly insane for this time of year.

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