Waiting for the Rain

 

 

Today it rained
The land is wet

Tonight it rains
The sun has set

So cool and cleansing
is this rain

Our desert blooms –
 life begins again

 

Five things I love about the rain

1.  The loud shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh that fills the air as it falls hard and steady
2. The fresh, clean feeling it imparts to the earth and sky while reviving the patch of hay we like to call our lawn
3. The way it helps me sleep at night
4. The introspective mood it puts me in, and most of all –
5. Driving through the puddles collecting on the side of the road and making a shimmery W-A-L-L of water (only if no pedestrians are around, of course)

Five things I don’t like so much about rain 

1. Inadvertantly stepping into a puddle – Uh! wet shoes and socks for the rest of the day, not to mention cold feet
2. When the rain undoes a couple of hours of my hairdresser’s efforts on my behalf  (limp and fuzzy, that’s me!)
3. When it waits until I am going out to begin
4. Driving in rain that’s so hard I can’t see the car that’s in front of me
5. The cancellation of an activity I’ve been looking forward to

What’s your favorite weather event?

PS:  I also love it when the pool gets so full  – that it looks like you can walk across the water.