Rain

[forestofglory]

It's been a dry rainy season so far, but we are in the middle of a big storm. That means gray days and heavy rains. Rain in the Bay Area isn't like rain anywhere else I've lived. It only comes in the wet season, and when it starts raining in general stays raining for a long time. I remember when I was living in England I had a friend visit me from home, and it started to rain. So I suggested that we duck into a museum for ten minutes to wait it out. My friend was very impressed that this worked. It wouldn't have worked here. Since I grew up here this the way I think rain should be. To this day I find the fact that it can rain and be warm at the same time baffling.

A nice thing about the rain is puddles. The kid has been very excited about putting on her rain boots and going on walks looking for puddles. Our street is pretty well maintained so there aren't at lot of puddles, but that just means we end up going on nice long walks. It's fun to see her enthusiastic to get outside and explore.

Comments

[mrissa]

It is one of the least plausible mundane facts about me. People hear it and think, oh, but...not really, though? And to be fair, that's sort of how it felt at the time. Some people could live anywhere, really; me, I am a creature of the north.

[forestofglory]

It is indeed hard to image you living anywhere without snow.

[mrissa]

I have a hard time figuring out when things happened in those four years that we lived out there, because there was not the rhythm of the snow times to set my brain clock.