Cool, Refreshing Rain
Sep 11, 2007 My thoughts on...
It rained for much of the day here in southwestern Virginia, refreshing the landscape along with our souls after an August and early September with afternoon temperatures that hovered around 95 degrees each and every day. And adding insult to injury, 2007 has been one of the driest years on record thus far.
It seems that lots of folks just love to grumble about the weather, regardless of what it’s like on any given day. For example, I had to run out to the store a little while ago, and while I was there I overheard a lady complaining to another about how the “sorry rain” had “ruined her entire day”. My guess is that that same lady was complaining about the stifling heat just a couple of days ago.
I guess it’s just human nature to whine and complain at times, and I have to admit that I’m just as guilty of it as anyone else. But how anyone in my neck of the woods could view today’s refreshing rains as anything less than gifts from God is beyond me.
Hopefully the wetter (and cooler) weather will continue for a few days, giving the depleted water table a chance to get back to somewhere near normal and the grass a chance to turn green again. We’re already seeing signs of another less than spectacular autumn with many of the leaves turning brown and falling from the trees prematurely, but hopefully a little moisture can help turn that around. The hills and hollers of the middle Appalachians boast some of the most magnificent fall colors in all the world, and I would love to get some nice pictures come October.
Remember the old saying “Rain, rain, go away, come again another day!”? Well, with any luck this week will have a few of those “another days” in it!
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