* rain... heavy rain of up to 2.5 inches is expected during the next 24 hours through Monday morning for the central Cascades from Highway 2 on south. This will come on top of rain that has already fallen. Lesser but still significant amounts are expected over the north Cascades. Hydrologically significant rain will end on Monday afternoon."Hydrologically significant" rain ending does not mean the sun will come out. That's not expected until Wednesday at the earliest. In all the years I spent in Colorado enjoying the sunshine, I'm surprised that the continual rain hasn't darkened my spirits at all. For one thing, I never really "saw" the sunshine there, because it was a little like the air: it was just there. Now, when the sun comes out, I smile and go outside to enjoy it, with the added benefit of all the lush green scenery. Everything in Colorado looked brown and sparse to my eye during my recent visit, so now I have adapted to this:
Oh, and by the way, I wrote a couple of short reviews this morning on my other blog about two movies I've seen recently: The King's Speech and The Fighter. If you have seen either of these movies, I'd be interested to hear if you enjoyed them as much as I did.
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Some people seem to be able to adapt to a different climate and thrive. Others are totally destroyed when the try to move to a different area. You probably would thrive anywhere.
ReplyDeleteMy Arctic experience has never left me. It influenced the rest of my life. I never remember being cold in the Arctic.
Yes, it is so dry here in Colorado. I appreciate the blue skies and sunshine so much, but I think I could go for the green and moisture of the Northwest about now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know how I'd adjust; I've lived in the same climate my whole life. Still, I think maybe I could get used to some of that green you've got up there! Could it be that the rain doesn't get you down because it doesn't keep you from doing all the things you love?
ReplyDeleteI love the rain the mist because every drop is appreciated since we are on rainwater collection. However, it's been rainy, misty, and overcast here for about 8-10 days. I want the sun, if you please!
ReplyDeleteGoing to check on your two movie reviews.
DJan, I absolutely agree! Although sunny days are few and far between, I appreciate them so much more than I would if it was always sunny. And even our gray days, so "blah" to some, look pearlescent and luminous to my eye!
ReplyDeleteI think when you get the rain this week we are getting more snow. We won't see much sun or green until May! I used to mind - now not so much. I just stay in, warm and cozy. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI like the rain after summer, it made the dry forests lush and green but too much of it(rain) is just too scary for us here. Scary for those people who live along the coasts but not for farmers in the lowlands. Weather is getting unpredictable here right now, it's sunny, windy and very cold and I like it! I have missed you DJ!
ReplyDeleteYes, I read your other blog faithfully every Sunday and love it.
ReplyDeleteAs for greenery, Hawaii is green year-round. It rains throughout the year, too, but more so during the winter. According to the forecast, thunderstorms are expected Sunday night through Monday -- this coming after a storm earlier last week! So far, there has been no flooding in my neighborhood, but other areas haven't been as lucky.
snow tomorrow here...guess i am kinda glad we get all the seasons...when we lived in FL that really was not the case...
ReplyDeleteYes, it is a lovely feeling to be inside looking out at the rain or the snow, come to that. I was indoors for a whole week last week, watching the snow falling. It gives a chance to recharge the batteries. Your scenery is so beautiful I don't wonder you love to live where you live. Here it is also beautiful, though in a different way.
ReplyDeleteWe have the smoky mountains, covering the heights, best in autumn maybe but gorgeous all year round.
You speak my heart! The rainbows are so beautiful here. I've finally decided they seem brighter because they against a background of bright blue in the sky and bright green on the ground.
ReplyDeleteWe never have visitors that they don't comment on how green it is here. Perhaps that's why I don't get depressed.
Rain means life to me, the sun and its head make me think of death.
Oh such beautiful photos!!!
ReplyDeleteThe skies are clear blue here in So. Calif and I can see snow on the mountains in the far distance.... which is where I like snow :-)
Cheers, jj
I'm so glad you love it here. Since our daughter lives in Colorado we visit there often, and I do love the sunshine and the big sky out on the plains. But most of the time it is so brown and the air is so dry that we enjoy coming home to greeness and air that lets our skin breathe.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful images.. so lush and green. I wouldn't mind a bit of rain.. we've got bitter cold temperatures here right now but it's supposed to warm up and rain on Tuesday.. if only for the day.
ReplyDeleteThe new normal. We are, in the end, amazingly adaptable beings.
ReplyDeleteI love the rain, and don't mind the lack of sunshine. I used to live in a place where it was dry, hot, and sunny all the time. It turns a person to leather. No waterfalls, moss, ferns, and very few trees. So you can probably understand why it isn't too uncommon to find me standing out in the rain - smiling.
ReplyDeleteSo much rain in places around the world, floods and extreme weather. I like that you look out on the rain and appreciate the wet plants and have a good attitude. We haven't had much rain here, still a foot of snow on the ground but not icy. Like you, I appreciate having a little cozy place to live and be comfortable and I am grateful for plenty to eat and read and lots of music.
ReplyDeleteOh Honey, your pictures are just spectacular!!! I have frozen rain peckin' on my windows right now.
ReplyDeleteI sooo want to see the King's Speech and am glad to hear you enjoyed it. I haven't ran across anyone who had seen it yet.
God bless ya and have a marvelous week my friend!!! :o)
I've been hearing on the news about all your rain. Sounds like it has been a real deluge. Now it is headed our way - except we will get it in the form of snow. I would rather have the rain.
ReplyDeleteI just read on Yahoo this morning about a condition that is expected to be an apocalyptic superstorm dumping 10 feet of water over California and has done it several times in the past. Talk about raining a Biblical Flood. They say it will rain for 40 days and nights.
ReplyDeleteOR, you could choose another story about bringing back a Mammoth.
we are getting freezing rain today
ReplyDeleteand it's settling nicely onto to the piles of snow
it should be a real ice castle soon!!
OY! :)
The liquid sunshine must be enough for you..I like the suns rays..the ones that make my old bones feel better:)
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting how we adapt to our climate whereever we may live. Leaving GA for AK was pure climate shock! Moving from Alaska to the rainy PNW was enjoyable but a little strange but I got used to it. Now after ten years, living on the edge of the high desert seems perfectly normal to me.
ReplyDeleteI read your review of the King Speech. It is really a special movie. I saw The Fighter while in Nashville the day after Christmas. We went to see True Grits and it was completely sold out. I liked The Fighter even though I am not into boxing. We saw True Grits back home. As for the weather after having lived so many years in the Deep South I don’t think I could be happy with that much rain. Here the rain comes quickly, then it is gone.
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