A Treatise on the Weather: I love the rain. And I prefer non-sunny days to sunny ones.
Really the darker the better, but I'll take overcast over sunny. When I tell
people this, they usually don't believe me, or think it's weird, but that's okay.
I usually say, "if no one was happy on this kind of day, EVERYONE would be
in a bad mood!" I am actually happier all day when it's gloomy outside (I
call it an Eeyore day). But why? When did this happen?
Reason 1: I don't like to squint, or wear
sunglasses.
Reason 2: I don't like to see all the dust
in my house and in the air. Sunlight exposes every speck of the stuff. Bleh. It
makes me sneeze just thinking about it.
Reason 3: I like the way rain looks on
things - windows, pavement, leaves on the ground and in the trees, grass when it's
gotten the chance to turn a bit green...
Reason 4: I like the way rain smells. The combination of everything
wetted down, with the rare exception in some locations of, say, trash or
something, is heavenly to my nostrils. I take a much bigger damp breath than a
dry, sunny one.
Reason 5: I get to decide how bright to make it in the house - turn on lights
or not, light a candle or not...
Reason 6: Some of my favorite songs are
either about rain, or it plays a feature role in the story. These are just a few off the top of my head!:
Rainy Day
People (Gordon Lightfoot)
The Rainy
Season (Marc Cohn)
Looking at
the Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
Storms
(Fleetwood Mac)
Rain
(Madonna)
Blame it on
the Rain (Milli Vanilli)
Raindrops
Keep Fallin' on My Head (BJ Thomas)
Singin' in
the Rain (the musical)
Good Rain
(Chris and Johnny/Storyhill)
Love a Rainy
Night (Eddie Rabbit)
Driving My
Life Away (Eddie Rabbit)
Bobby McGee
(Janis or Gordon Lightfoot)
Ironic
(Alanis Morrisset)
Rain Down
(Phil Collins)
Tom's Diner
(Suzanne Vega)
Early
Morning Rain (Gordon Lightfoot)
Fire and
Rain (James Taylor)
Seriously -
that is just off the top of my head; I'm sure there are others?!
Umbrellas
and raincoats make me laugh. "Oh
no! I will get covered with something
that will soon evaporate..." I
mean, it's not PUDDING for crying out loud!
Of course, I've never been an "oh no, my hair" type person, so
I suppose if I'd spent even a few minutes stylin' and sprayin' in the am I
wouldn't want that to be compromised. Still,
I laugh when I see people, with nothing to protect but their bodies, wearing
raincoats or sportin' umbrellas.
*I think there is a distinct difference between love of rain and love of grey days. I mixed the two. I like my grey days without rain, too. I suppose it goes: Rain, Grey, Partially Sunny, Sunny. Fave to least.
*I think there is a distinct difference between love of rain and love of grey days. I mixed the two. I like my grey days without rain, too. I suppose it goes: Rain, Grey, Partially Sunny, Sunny. Fave to least.
