Monday, March 24, 2014

Wind

Hi,

There is an old saying, "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it."  Well, we wished for rain and we got more than we asked for, for sure.  Read on...

'Old School Friday' was The Temptations singing "I Wish It Would Rain".  Boy, did it ever, which leads us to 'Easy Monday':  "Talkin' to myself and feeling old.  Sometimes I'd like to quit; nothing ever seems to fit; hangin' around, nothing to do but frown.  __ __ __ __ always get me down."  Hint:  There is a direct connection with 'Old School' and the nature of our weekend.  It's by a brother/sister team that we've been close to.  Hmm.

Saturday afternoon the sky got dark and we had a very nice rain shower.  The air was fresh and the evening was very pleasant.  On Sunday we suspected the same thing might happen, based on the clouds.  We don't have the good fortune of having a news program with MegaDoppler images and accurate predictions.  We have to go by the look and feel of the sky.  One thing we know is that when the wind starts whipping the trees around, and the sky gets dark, it's time to baton down the hatches.  Whenever there was a clap of thunder, BamBam would either run to where I was sitting, or hide beside or behind something.  Today's photo shows her sitting in a small area, hiding from the big noise outside.


Sometimes the wind dies down when the rain begins.  On Sunday they both came together in one of those monsoon type storms.  Things were flying around the yard, and we could tell we were in for a ride.  Then we heard a tapping sound on the windows and realized that it was hailing.  The lawn was covered with what looked like moth-balls.  Cat, Lisa and I stood looking out in amazement.  We'd never seen this in our part of town.  Apparently it was happening all over.  When we went to check one of the doors on the west side of the house we discovered the curse of the horizontal wind.  Water was coming into the house in the hallway.  It gets blown under the roof tiles and works it's way down the walls.  This happened once before so we knew what to do.  Get all the towels and block the flow.  Such fun.  To add insult to injury, late that night the power went out for 1 1/2 hours.  We managed just fine with flashlights, hanging out watching TV shows on the laptop until the lights came back on.  What a night.

This morning, when I took Cat to The Brain, there were messes all over town.  Trees had been blown down, lots of leaves in the street, and giant puddles that made for one-lane traffic in some areas.  A friend of ours posted photos of her kitchen with its roof on the floor.  She was very upbeat about the whole thing.  'Don't worry, I have a man to fix it.  Time for a new house'.  That's what I call a positive outlook.  Later she posted photos of the finished job.  

All I asked for was a little rain to clean the sky.  Hmm.

Have a Great Week.

               Peace,
                         Danny

"You can't direct the wind,
but you can adjust your sails."
~Unknown

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