Summer Showers

Project 15 - Day 103

Don't you just love a good summer shower? When the sky opens up and the rain pours out. It is as if God is tipping a giant watering can from above and giving His garden a good soaking. Then as quickly as it begins it ends.

Here in south Florida summer rain is a daily occurrence. It is both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because it is nature's way of replenishing the water table. South Florida is tropical. We have two seasons...wet and dry. From December through late May rain is at a premium. Once June arrives you can almost set your watch by the afternoon storms.

A curse because as summer wears on those afternoon showers often turn violent with high gusty winds and dangerous lightening. However, I love to sit safely inside and watch the fireworks once a good thunder boomer kicks into high gear. I enjoy hearing the rain on the roof and watching the ripples expand and disappear in the pool.

That is until September 1st. Then I'm done. I have had enough. The heat, the humidity, the storms... I am over it all. Over it and anxiously awaiting October when the storms blow out to sea, the humidity drops and life in paradise returns to...well...paradise.