Jan 26, 2010 by Naomi.

The clouds decided to release bits of water, thus the gentle rain that seems like no rain at all - just a mist. The drought conditions of the past years warrants rainfall every day to catch up. I promised to bring sunshine so it must be at least for a day or two so I can sunbathe in my new tees and shorts. On the patio the direct sunshine feels warmer than the thermometer registers the temperature but coming from the colder north I can handle it. Goosepimples add to the skin surface so does that mean I will get more tan per inch? Hope so.

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Jan 26, 2010 by Naomi.

There is only so much fascination in watching raindrops spotting the cement of the patio. Wet furniture leaves no fascination for sitting in the local precipitation, neither from the extreme top or the folded bottom so I am content to look out upon the progress from time to time.  The thick lily leaves are wintering over, reminding me of the Lily of the Nile flowers that shown in blue ball-like configuration when last I looked upon them some months past. Plants never look dead here in Oxnard, only in a patient state of waiting for the cycle when blooms burst forth to color the border along the cedar fence.  In the meantime reading a chapter in “Denialism” (Michael Specter, The Penguin Press, New York, 2009) is an enlightening and educating diversion. Perhaps before sundown a real rain will fall. Forecasters with the inside scoop of weather fronts tell me so.

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