Wet, wet, wet

A beautiful morning today, originally uploaded by Pixychik.

Yesterday we woke up to find that it had been raining heavily for some hours - maybe since dawn, and later the entire day it was dark, cloudy and cool.

How lovely is that? Elsewhere in the world, they may find rainy days gloomy, but not us. Us? We feel thrilled to bits when it rains. Rain makes us want to drive around in the car and find a little shack serving hot coffee and deep-fried snacks. It makes us want to take off the watches and leave behind the cell-phones and go splashing in the puddles. Sit staring in the balcony. Curl up with a book. Watch a movie. Call in sick at work. Sleep. Rain really makes us happy, lazy and nostalgic.

To me, the strangest memories come back: my initial days in Bombay in 1992. Of all things, it floods my mind with the memory of the opening stains of Amy Grant's Baby Baby - like they used to waft out of homes of those envied few who had "hi-fi" music systems.

Even now, when it rains, I have to listen to that song.

What is your rain ritual?

Today, the sun has risen bright and shiny, and that is lovely too. Though, I do wish it'd rain some more. We do not need the drought.