Weather Report One

It is overcast here, and a tad wet as the marine air continues to take over our mornings, often burning off in the afternoon. Soon, it won't matter and the subtropical air masses that dominated our summer will be gone, replaced by cool ocean air and the moisture it carries. Then the rain will come. Hours and days and weeks of gray and rain, with glimpses of the sun as clouds break only to cover us over minutes later. Those who work by windows will stop what they are doing and bask in the radiance while they can, returning to their duties when the stratonimbi block out old Sol once again. No umbrella carriers we, and life goes on as normal, biking, driving, walking through the drizzel, thankful for the life giving rain while cursing it just the same. That which was brown will become green again, and the grass and forests will strike a pose against the mist of the sky. Come May, we'll emerge to frolick and stare at the view before us but until then, we'll prepare to pack up our scenery, put it in the summer chest and haul it up to the attic.