Sunday 10 August 2008

Things that happen when it rains

  • There is a rush to get everything inside
  • A curious emptiness
  • Damp clothes
  • Clamminess
  • Drips off umbrellas
  • Constant noise
  • Cars swooshing
  • It's not so bad once you're in it
  • Wanting to be indoors
  • A drop falling off a leaf
  • Rushings in gutters
  • Scallop shaped waves run downhill
  • Blurred light reflections on the road at night
  • It gets dark early
  • Bruised flowers and soft fruit
  • Wet shoes
  • Dust puffs up where the drops hit it
  • The smell of wet dust
  • Wet and muddy footprints near the door
  • Dirty floors
  • Long columns of water
  • Uncertainty about how long it will last
  • Sheep go to shelter, or do not go to shelter and we think it means something
  • Fish jumping
  • Chills and coldness and aches
  • A dripping nose
  • Wet hair
  • Whispering as the rain falls on the ground
  • Streams of water in places previously dry
  • Mud
  • Lying in bed hearing the rain falling on the roof
  • Worrying about things left outside and about water getting into places where it should not be
  • Puddles
  • Being splashed by cars
  • Clots of dead grass in drains
  • Squelching on a lawn
  • Soaked trouser cuffs
  • Slippery surfaces
  • Landslides and floods
  • Rain diamonds on grasses
  • Spray
  • Deciding we don't have to worry about the watering
  • Accidentally standing on a snail
  • High winds lashing rain against the windows
  • Feelings of safety and security because the weather can't get in
  • Stamping in puddles while wearing wellies
  • Making damns and streams from a mud puddle
  • Falling rain showing up in the light of a streetlamp
  • Longer stopping distances while driving
  • Not being able to dry clothes

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