I was awake, but just barely. Although the clock next to the bed did glower 8:00 am, I was content where I was, wondering how long I could stay abed without drawing attention to myself. What propelled me out of that cozy cocoon was one of the loudest claps of thunder I have ever heard. Yes, I am from the Midwest. Yes, I do tend to exaggerate. But for one long moment I wondered if there was an explosion, an attack. It was that unexpected and that loud.
I stumbled out of bed and headed to the sliding doors opening to our lanai. The rain was deafening and already pooling water over the rug adjacent to N's sand box. Soon the excess water, coming too fast to drain, would creep up towards the doors as it is wont to do in a storm. My first thought? "Yay, I won't have to go outside and get some exercise today!"
I've been a bit tired of the relentless sun anyway. This is a nice break. Today it will be cool and dark with high winds at some point this morning. Too early for hurricane season, but proudly defiant weather nonetheless.
I will stay indoors. Today is the Weather God's day for exercise, not mine.
That looks like a lot of rain there. We've been deluged here for months. I wouldn't mind being tired of the sun for a change.
ReplyDeleteWish I could send some your way!
DeleteYour lanai is wonderfully colorful. I like a good rainy day. I like to grab a good book, a cuddly blanket, and a cup of tomato soup. Then I sit next to a nice big window to read and occasionally watch the rain. That is a comfort day for me.
ReplyDeleteA cup of tomato soup is sheer brilliance.
DeleteHope you reveled in laid back with a book.
ReplyDeleteI have been doing that. I now have a good, long list of possible books after my last post.
DeleteI can almost smell the rain, enjoy!
ReplyDeleteIt was glorious. The sun was shining again by noon, though.
DeleteWe're just a couple hours west of you and though it was a windy day here too it was sunny and bright and cool - my favorite kind of FL winter day! But then, this is a state where we have looked out the front window and seen that it was raining while a moment later we could look out the back window to sunshine! You can always exercise tomorrow....
ReplyDeleteIt was over by midday. I still didn't exercise, though. :) Tomorrow for sure...
DeleteYou are, at least, exercising your mind.
ReplyDeleteThe most extreme thunderclaps are those that are not heard but are sensed by the diaphragm. That's the natural anatomical feature, not the manmade thingummy.
Wow! That's definitely a Florida toad-strangler!
ReplyDeleteIKR?
DeleteOr as we in the northeast would say in March "at least it's not snow"
ReplyDeleteSomething happened on my end, too, Colette. It seems that your blog dropped off my Blogger reading list, but I thought that you were just not posting anything. My energy has been like yours. Anyway -- Good to read your blog again. As for good reading during a time of low energy, I liked reading Upstream: Selected Essays, by Mary Oliver.
ReplyDeleteIt's been unseasonably wet here too and some epic Storms... but it sure refreshes Nature when the Heaven's open up and drench the Desert, so I'm not complaining either.
ReplyDeleteSnow is in the forecast for tomorrow. It was 70 degrees yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI trust you soaked as much enjoyment out of your rainy day in.