Tropical Cloud Burst

So there I am…minding my own business…sitting in a parking lot doing what mama’s do best. Waiting.

Oh, I had a good book and a bit of crocheting, but it was hot. Too-too hot to even think.

I fanned myself. I drank my water. I re-parked in a less sunny place. Nothing, however, could change the fact that it was indeed 103 degrees in our little spot of Heaven.

When all of a sudden a few warm and wet rain drops started to fall. Out of the blue. I figured out where that term came from because the sky had a few sunny clouds–but none directly overhead. Nothing…It was weird.

As if they heard my thoughts on the subject a few more brave clouds began to roll in…

sprinkling a few more raindrops. I am positively in love with the smell of rain-wet streets so I not only left the windows open so I could take it all in…

but I pushed the car door open too.

And I can prove it.

In Hawaii, they say that nearly every day there is a sweet little cloud burst. Just for a minute or two. No need for an umbrella.  Hardly even enough to get you wet.

and then it’s gone…

leaving barely a trace.

Ha.

Four minutes–start to finish.

Take that, Hawaii.

This Very Weekend…

I ate some amazing Chocolate Caramel Cookies

…and played with a pretty little baby doll…

and drank a peach smoothie…

and shared some with a little puddin’ head…

and read some more scary stuff…

and marveled at the love of fine literature around here…

and studied a ladybug…

and tried to get organized at last and once and for all…

so that we can gladly do it all again…

next week.

Things I’m Loving

right this minute…

Little fingers that are learning magical things…

Gum wrapper chains…remember them?

…stay tuned!

Candy too pretty to eat…well…almost.

A new headband with every color in the universe.

Finding a cozy home for some dear friends

 

A busload of brand new snow…

Chocolate marshmallows. Yes, I said CHOCOLATE marshmallows. Why’s it taken so long to think up that cool idea?

Seriously.

A new, Diva Pink and Silver BagBag in the works…

A far away boy walking in the snow…

Real, live Oreos with real, live footballs on them. Oh, my-my.

Ok, Perhaps there is life after heartbreak.

What about you? What are you loving right this minute?