Showing posts with label desert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label desert. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Have You Ever?

Many, many years ago there was a Creedence Clearwater Revival song that asked the question "Have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day?" It always made me chuckle because I had seen such a thing!
I saw the same thing this morning too. Looking out the kitchen window I could see that the sun was out, there were some scattered clouds here and there and it was very windy and looked rather cold outside in spite of the sunshine. Then, all of a sudden, with a burst of wind here came the rain falling from the sky. It was still sunny and bright but it was raining!
One of the things I enjoy about the desert is that Nature just does whatever it wants to do. It rains when it is sunny. When people throw their old trash out in the middle of it, Nature grows things around it, through it, wherever it wants. The desert is amazing that way. No matter how much we build things here I seriously doubt that Man will ever figure out how to completely destroy this desert.
Now, I ask you, have you ever seen the rain coming down on a sunny day?

Friday, July 24, 2009

WHY???

I wish I knew more about the weather. Specifically about rain and humidity. For example, I'd really love to know why I have to suffer through a humid day when there is no rain or threat of rain.
It has been muggy here where I live for over a week now. Yesterday it finally rained. A long ways away from here!
I live in the desert, about an hour or so away from Los Angeles. It rained in Baker, California which is probably 100 miles away from me to the east and the north. Great for them to get some rain, but why must I suffer their humidity? It has been threatening to rain in the Baker area of the desert the whole time it has been humid here where I live.
As you may have guessed by now, I am not fond of humid weather. It is one of the reasons I live in the desert where the summers are hot and DRY! Humid weather is for places like the Pacific Northwest, or Hawaii or Florida. And, they are welcome to that weather.
Just leave me hot and dry...