Way back in the 80s there was a cartoon named Bloom County. And one of the ideas they came up with was the Dandelion Break. It essentially consisted of Milo Bloom, Opus and any number of other characters heading out to the meadow to sit amongst the dandelions in order to recharge from a particularly bad day.

We all need a break, here are 13 or so minutes of a Dandelion Break. A recorded Colorado thunderstorm fresh off the Rocky Mountains in June of 2007.

With Music: right click to “save as…”

Just nature: right click to “save as…”

Load it on your mp3 player, sit back and just imagine being somewhere else.

Photo by Viridi Green