Upon us all a little rain must fall...

I swear it works. When the sky is threatening to rain but simply refuses to - play The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin.

The air smelled of rain. Thunder rumbled... then it started to sprinkle and I stood outside in the rain.

Stayed out there until the thunder cracks were so loud and the lightning was too close for comfort - I'm sure some sparks a bit away and the power was out in that area so it probably hit a box. When the thunder would crack right above I'd scream and run for cover. Thunder itself is just the sound air makes when it explodes from being superheated. But what thunder heralds - the superheating lightning caused by the simple process of water droplets rubbing against one another and causing static - is actually somewhat dangerous, especially when directly overhead.

Saw a couple of impressive lightning forks running from cloud to cloud, but as usual it was mostly sheet lightning that lit up the entire sky.

Then as soon as it arrived it drifted away. The puddles quickly dried up because the heat never left. I noticed the pungent scent of eucalyptus in the air.

Even though I have washing to do tomorrow - I hope it happens again. :)

Upon us all a little rain must fall...

I swear it works. When the sky is threatening to rain but simply refuses to - play The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin.

The air smelled of rain. Thunder rumbled... then it started to sprinkle and I stood outside in the rain.

Stayed out there until the thunder cracks were so loud and the lightning was too close for comfort - I'm sure some sparks a bit away and the power was out in that area so it probably hit a box. When the thunder would crack right above I'd scream and run for cover. Thunder itself is just the sound air makes when it explodes from being superheated. But what thunder heralds - the superheating lightning caused by the simple process of water droplets rubbing against one another and causing static - is actually somewhat dangerous, especially when directly overhead.

Saw a couple of impressive lightning forks running from cloud to cloud, but as usual it was mostly sheet lightning that lit up the entire sky.

Then as soon as it arrived it drifted away. The puddles quickly dried up because the heat never left. I noticed the pungent scent of eucalyptus in the air.

Even though I have washing to do tomorrow - I hope it happens again. :)

I finally figured it out...

What that Bowie song that's been in my head the last few days is.

Just a snippet kept running through my head - "Oh, oh oh oh", it reminded me of China Girl but I knew it wasn't.
Finally I decided it might be Starman so I listened to it - yep, it was. :)

Now tell me is this omenish?
Yesterday I wanted avacado on my toasted sandwich so I cut the avacado in half and had a bit of a struggle twisting the two halves apart. Eventually they came apart - and the seed had broken in half perfectly! Unfortunately the avacado was unripe so I couldn't use it (anyone know if it'll still ripen up?) But the seed thing was funky.

Then today I had a nectarine. This nectarine sure was ripe, it was perfectly sweet and juicy and lovely and cool because it had been sitting in the fridge. I sliced it into quarters to pull off the seed as I do - and you know what happened? The stone broke clean in half!! It was interesting to see the seed inside the nut.



That was just weird.

In another news it has topped 40 again and is still terribly humid. My neck is so itchy and sweat is pouring down my face.

I finally figured it out...

What that Bowie song that's been in my head the last few days is.

Just a snippet kept running through my head - "Oh, oh oh oh", it reminded me of China Girl but I knew it wasn't.
Finally I decided it might be Starman so I listened to it - yep, it was. :)

Now tell me is this omenish?
Yesterday I wanted avacado on my toasted sandwich so I cut the avacado in half and had a bit of a struggle twisting the two halves apart. Eventually they came apart - and the seed had broken in half perfectly! Unfortunately the avacado was unripe so I couldn't use it (anyone know if it'll still ripen up?) But the seed thing was funky.

Then today I had a nectarine. This nectarine sure was ripe, it was perfectly sweet and juicy and lovely and cool because it had been sitting in the fridge. I sliced it into quarters to pull off the seed as I do - and you know what happened? The stone broke clean in half!! It was interesting to see the seed inside the nut.



That was just weird.

In another news it has topped 40 again and is still terribly humid. My neck is so itchy and sweat is pouring down my face.