Let's talk about the weather ...

So, on occasion, it rains in the Bay Area. Mostly when H (or any other Brit) visits.

Unusually it was cooler than 20 degrees today AND a slight breeze was blowing. Pandemonium ensues.

The real estate agent we saw was in a tizz. "It's cold today!" she exclaimed (It was 19 degrees.) "AND blustery too!" (ALL the leaves were still on trees, AND they were still looking somewhat green ...). We tittered with polite laughter as H and I exchanged knowing looks. She apologised profusely for the few leaves in the garden that had ruined the otherwise immaculate lawn. I positively swooned with their definition of a storm.

And the rain. Oh what can I say about the rain? Forecast - showery storms in Palo Alto.

And to make matters worse, the sun came out! For the whole afternoon!

The drops of rain didn't even touch the ground before it evaporated. There were meant to be storms. It wasn't even close to a sprinkle, that's how pathetic it was.


"A storm is coming!" said the lady at the Hoover Tower Observation Platform at Stanford University (which is beautiful by the way, worth a visit). "Not sure what her definition of a storm is," muttered H with mock irony ("Is there any other kind?" I thought  ....).  While I imagined wild gales sweeping man, dog and child away in a tornado-like swirl, I fear it will only be stronger sprinkles of rain followed by the sun coming out to make its obligatory appearance in the afternoon. So not the storms we were thinking of ...

But as we know, talking about the weather to an Englishman hasn't got anything to do with the weather. Rather, codes and nuances for how your life is playing out. If that's the case, that obligatory ray of sunshine that makes its appearance every afternoon despite the rain MUST be code for "everything going swimmingly". I can't help but smile. If that's the case, I'll take a little sprinkle with obligatory sunshine in the afternoons instead of a little sunshine and a large dose of rain, heck forget the sunshine, just rain in that case. Stormy ones. I'll take the Bay Area storms any day.

Bring it on.

Lots of Love from (Sunny with occasional sprinkles) California xoxo