by karen vaughan
Member since:
March 4, 2011

rain-fwe

April 27, 2012 01:53 PM UTC
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I love the smell of impending rain. The earth has a musky aroma cement sidewalks smell like wet stones. If you have ever driven through farmland in the spring after they lay cow manure on the fields; did you notice after the rain it smells even worse but it is working with the cow poop to make the fields ready for edible bounty?

I love the sound of thunder and to watch a lightening storm and guess how far away it is. Of course, if it's close it wreaks havoc on our power and black outs are imminent.

There is something magical about storms and how alive the atmosphere gets during one.  I never cease to wonder at it's power.

Comments: 5

william d. Apr 28, 2012, 12:36am UTC
Me too
Pam Brittain Apr 28, 2012, 12:47am UTC
Wonderfully put.
karen vaughan Apr 28, 2012, 9:56am UTC
Thanks Pam I always know when rain is coming. I can smell it in the air and feel it in my knees.
Andrea Pearson May 4, 2012, 11:09am UTC
I LOVE thunder and lightning storms! And I also don't mind the smell of cow manure. I'm a small-town girl. :-)

Thanks for sharing - you wrote so visually and used the senses superbly! And made me wish there were a thunderstorm here right now. :-)
karen vaughan May 4, 2012, 11:27am UTC
Thanks Andrea they are nice to watch but they can be loud. As far as fertilizer we have sheep poop on our garden waiting for it to settle before we plant.

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