Mellow rainy days

Jul 09, 2023

A FEW POSTS ago I said I would be posting about Ayurveda on Sundays, warm words on Wednesdays and recipes on Fridays. I’ve discovered I need to keep things a little more fluid and so, today I have written some warm words.

Seeing the beauty

A gentle day unfurls into a cloud-filled sky; I think it’s going to be an underwater day, the ground and plants will like that. The birds will hide out in the bushes and trees. There will be lots of umbrellas and raincoats and people getting wet. Cars and buses swooshing through puddles, and in the evening, traffic lights will shine like jewels on the wet tarmacked roads.

It’s very still and quiet on this early morning. Ripples have started to appear in the sky, like ruched velvet. The early morning birdsong is quieter than usual. A momentary sound of a distant plane. No breeze yet, no movement; everything is absolutely still.

I look out of the window as the weather cocoons itself around the world outside. Orange and yellow flowers in my window boxes and the tree out front waves it’s branches; a breeze begins to stir the still air. This cloud-filled sky wraps itself like a blanket around the little piece of the planet where I sit. It is beautiful.

I”m spending my day off in my boat with books and papers and pencils; knowing sunnier times will return. Moored up, cosy, warm and in partial hibernation; like the birds in the trees waiting for heavy, watery skies to turn blue again.

The rain paints itself across the city skyline falling down as a few big plops at first, gradually becoming many until the sound of a million drops of rain can be heard, pounding down to slightly different rhythms, as they gush from blocked guttering outside the back door. The charcoal light has a warm glow of translucent mellow yellow. I’m not sure how nature manages this, it actually looks like the darkened world is shining, as thirsty land and plants out back enjoy the heavy downpour and I, laze in the comfort of my little boat writing these words, mesmerised by the magnificence of sight and sound.

Soon the sun will shine again, with blue skies and new beginnings as the circle game of life goes round and round. And I enjoy every little turn of it. I’d love to know what you’re enjoying today, perhaps you’ll tell me in the comments.