Hole in the Clouds

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Monsoon Season

Jun 25, 2013

Expecting more rain on Kater Street

summer streetscape Kater Street Carolyn Duffy rain

Here in a Zodiac, scooting across Milford Sound, a fjord on New Zealand's remote southwest coast, on a cold wet summer day this past December, is Helen Ruskin Stein Behr with her three sons. Not pictured is her daughter, who visited Milford Sound a few days earlier.

The impetus for the journey to New Zealand was the awesome wedding of one of the granddaughters, Gillian, who emigrated to New Zealand seven years ago with her parents, Richard and Arleigh, and her sister Avi.

Today is Helen's birthday, as she turns eighty-something-and-who's-counting, to our great joy. Wishing her many happy returns of the day.

landscape New Zealand Helen Norman boat Bob rain Milford Sound waterfalls Richard (Image credit: Little Fuji)

Good Clouds

Dec 22, 2014

Finally, the rains have come back to California. Recently, as the sun was going down over Los Angeles, a downpour was letting up.

cityscape sunset California sky skyline clouds Los Angeles drought rain (Image credit: Lectrolink)

Not Irving Berlin Weather

Dec 24, 2014

Who dreams of a rainy Christmas? That's what we are headed for this year, as in many years past, here along the east coast of North America.

In 2010, it rained on everybody's Christmas parade in Kuching, Malaysia, but people seemed reasonably happy nonetheless, even afterwards on their way home.

Hereabouts, the winter rain has been nondenominational, this year dampening Hanukkah as well as threatening Christmas, and doing a real number on Festivus. Maybe we'll have a white New Year's.

Here's to holiday warmth and cheer, despite the mess the world is in.

streetscape Malaysia parade Christmas rain Kuching (Image credit: Salt N Pepper)

Rain Tries to Come to Arizona

Feb 3, 2015

A couple of weeks ago, in the desert near Pinnacle Peak, outside of Phoenix, people who stepped out of their cars to savor the sunset felt the wind pick up suddenly, blowing hard and cold and carrying . . . raindrops? Really?

Careful examination of clouds in the distance revealed ragged curtains of rain showers swirling down just below the cloud line. Apparently, most of the rain evaporated long before moistening the dust, but we can vouch for several drops, perhaps even several dozens of drops, that fell all the way to earth.

After a few minutes, the wind died down, and the storm, such as it was, no longer was.

landscape sunset desert weather clouds dusk rain Arizona Phoenix Pinnacle Peak cactus (Image credit: Fuji T)

Walking After Midnight

Mar 14, 2017

In Tokyo, in the rain.

cityscape night streetscape Tokyo signage rain (Image credit: Dan Bracaglia via dpreview.com)