It's amazing and crazy.
We seem to be having a Seattle winter in June:
anything from mist to pouring rain almost everyday.
i try not to smile too much in public.
i admit that i'm not terribly sympathetic to those frowning faces
who find this weather depressing. They've had more than their fair
share of blazing, burning sunshine here in our neighborhood
over the past several summers.
Happily
i've discovered a few other souls in my neighborhood who
enjoy the weather i do.
We find ourselves speaking in whispers about how wonderful it has been.
i think of us as a Quiet Confederacy of Cloud and Rain Loving Folk.
i am tempted but i do not blurt out to acquaintances i pass in the
parking lot at the supermarket, "Isn't this gorgeous weather we're having?!"
The way almost everyone of them has when the sun has been scorching the life out of our gardens and countryside in past summers. But i do enjoy imagining the confused and confounded expressions it would illicit.
now that i've confessed my stinginess
i marvel at how dramatically different we can be in our needs and desires
and yes
i empathize with those who are truly depressed by weather.
May those who suffer find sunshine from other sources to fill the soul.
But i acknowledge it must be just as difficult for them now as it is when
i must find respite from the sun.
These conundrums of conflict leave me a bit dizzy trying to reconcile them.
so
i will stop trying
and go back to reveling in my blessings and not feel the least bit guilty for doing so.
On the few clear days that we've had
and, yes, i've enjoyed them
we have had some very pretty skies
and i purposely took pictures of faint whisps of clouds
then used Photoshop to discover the atmospheric beauty that
is invisible to my human eyes
then
magically (timing is everything)
one rare sunny afternoon i went out to take a little rest on
the hammock (with my favorite little pocket camera in hand).
After enjoying some long moments resting my computer burned eyes
i looked back in time to see
a pair of angels gliding by
Here in Australia, you will often hear how wonderful the weather is.......when it rains! It rains now and our parched earth is soaking it up.
Angels indeed, nicely caught!
Posted by: hhb | June 19, 2009 at 07:08 PM
Oh, what a lovely-in-every-way post! I'm one of those rain-loving souls, too, and have reveled in our own rainy days down here. Summer rudely arrived yesterday, though, but that's okay. It's time.
Your sky angels are little miracles.
Posted by: Laura | June 20, 2009 at 08:24 PM
I remember driving under a mackerel sky, back when I only had two children. My eldest leaned toward the window and announced that he had just seen an angel.
Posted by: marly youmans | June 21, 2009 at 08:06 PM
hhb: you are my kind of people!
Laura: Thanks for stopping in...and here's wishing you all the rain your gardens need and want.
Marly: thank you for sharing this sweet memory!
Posted by: zephyr | June 22, 2009 at 09:08 AM
Fifteen years ago, I journeyed to Seattle. Stayed at the Log Castle on Whidbey Island, where I drove through a rainbow. The front of the car and everything on the seat was, briefly, covered in colors that shimmered. That night, I asked the Universe if my dream to move to the Puget Sound area was the right thing for me to do, please give me a sign. As I lay in my bed at the LC, looking out the window at the mass of stars, a shooting star lit up the sky.
I had my sign.
Fifteen years later, though, I'm still in Pennsylvania.
Thank you for reminding me of why I loved the Puget Sound. Every time we have rain showers and drizzles and full-out rains, I say to myself and anyone who will listen, "It's another beautiful day in Seattle."
Posted by: Martha McLemore | June 25, 2009 at 05:26 PM
Dear little angels!
I must say I rather enjoy the thunder showers after the sun...
Posted by: Lucy | June 28, 2009 at 11:19 AM
Rain all week on the pastel artists! My poor R... and my shade garden is going mildewy, alas.
Posted by: marly youmans | July 10, 2009 at 10:20 AM
Nicely done Zephyr! I enjoyed you're clouds very much~Beautiful captures!
Wishing you a beautiful week!
Cat
Posted by: Catherine | August 18, 2009 at 11:42 PM
These are fascinating photos. The shapes are very enchanting it looks like angels flying.
Posted by: Employment Australia | September 11, 2009 at 06:55 AM
The shapes clouds that forms are very captivating. You captured it perfectly.
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