You see it is without a doubt also the rainy season. We experienced this last year moving from Cape Town to Joburg. In fact the day we left Cape Town felt like the hottest day of summer and then we got to a cold rainy Josie. And for the most part we see the sun everyday, but yesterday was so dark and gray.
In August and September I was getting so anxious because it was 6 months without rain. The dryness wasn’t so bad, and it would have been miserably cold and wet. But I missed the energy in the air.
And people told me then not to complain, because what would I say in rainy season. Last year was particularly wet. But it sounds like it used to be hotter in the time here. Everyday we seem to get some sun and on sunny days it warms up and is very nice. On New Years Eve we watched fireworks in the lulls of rain.
Ohh yes these rains aren’t like warm summer rains at home, they are cold. And with the rains work gets much slower, because clients have to move through the rain to get to us.
We have had rain for a few months but generally related to epic thunder and lightening storms. Talk about energy then.
On Christmas Eve it wasn’t a light dusting of snow that gave magic to the night… No for hours and going to all our church services, there was always far off lightening. I didn’t see much rain, but the energy of the lightening was so present.
So these strong “sun”flowers on the side of the road stand up to the heavy rains, and somehow ‘sun’ and ‘rain’ fit together. For now. And a cup of tea under the blanket on a cool Jan evening doesn’t feel too different from Arlington.
It may be strange I write about the weather, but nowhere else have a spent a year full of seasons, but now Josie and I have been through it together.
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