Washing the Air
This past weekend, like many extended families, we had a post Christmas get together and exchange of gifts. Since there were nine of us, it got to be much like Christmas Morning all over again, except hubby and I and my son and his wife went out for Chinese lunch just before. (But maybe Chinese food is now also a holiday tradition in many families.) Anyway, the weather was predicting heavier rain in the afternoon and hubby and I tried to get an early start to the hour drive back home as the days are also short! I snapped the photo below on my phone as we saw we were driving into even heavier weather!
Getting back to our empty house (we had also dropped off the granddog which we had been dog-sitting for over a week) and this gloomy evening made the house seem even more somber. I kept looking for a tiny dog to pet, but it was just us two creaky old folks and hubby did not want any petting but did want a cup of hot tea.
This morning we woke to sunshine, but even better, the air had been washed super clean once again.
That did seem to lighten and brighten our spirits.
That last photo is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteHoping for more bright skies to come, but maybe that won't happen here for a while.
ReplyDeleteI like that last photo too! Yes, another Christmas and NewYears done... we look forward to them with both anticipation (family) and dread (lot of work) but now that we've survived it all, relief and good memories. We can now breathe a sigh of relief until Easter (I don't count Valentines)... and Easter to me is my favorite holiday!
ReplyDeleteWe are in the midst of a wind storm, with rain too, so we wil also be scrubbed clean. Glad you made it home safe and sound. :-)
ReplyDeleteLovely fresh winter picture. We got a break yesterday, lots of sunshine with lots of wind but still a nice break.
ReplyDeleteOur air is heavy with smoke that has been blown over the Tasman Sea from the Australian bushfires. Yesterday when the murky haze arrived I was thinking of a poem by Aussie poet Dorothea Mackellar, one line in particular - "That unearthly clear shining after rain" and how much those in the danger zone would love to see that again. Your last photo is beautiful, very soothing.
ReplyDeleteI can't understand hubby not wanting any petting.
ReplyDeleteThere's something special about those bright blue-sky days after the rain. They just bring joy.
ReplyDeleteChinese food is a celebration from the traditional. Glad y'all had a good time
ReplyDeletewe could use some rain here. been having really pretty days though. not to hot during the day, not too cold at night.
ReplyDeleteLovely scene in that final photo — so moody.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful blue sky, I am not sure English skies could achieve such a hue.
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