Wednesday, February 24, 2010

green grey wednesday






On the way home from Olivia's charming and lifting little song recital, I stopped at the traffic lights opposite a mossy wall, and ivy covered trees. And the soft  rain that had been falling strengthened and started to spill down, tip down, thrum down, noisy on the car roof, bouncing off the pavements.

The air looked so clear it felt as if I could  see the drops slipping from one ivy leaf to the next, helter skeleter down the trees. If you were to stand naked, with your toes dug into the leaf mould, and lift your arms and face to the drops that plummet weighted from the leaves, it would feel warm and clean, cleansing on your upturned face, your waiting tender skin.






7 comments:

Mwa said...

I'm sure it wouldn't have felt warm.

I love to go out in the rain at the end of a hot summer's day. Naked or near-naked - whatever.

Unknown said...

It's not cold today, though, for the first time in a while. It's weird, yesterday was freezing, raw, grey wet sleeting cold. Today feels different. I'd been walking in it and it was fine.

Anyway, Mwa. It's not about reality. Tss!

Danielle said...

pretty selection of pictures...:-)

Unknown said...

:)

Ms. Moon said...

Lovely, all.

Martin said...

and while I'm linking, Rain King is one of my all time favs, but this version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzbxDeDUdrc

and I reckon it suits better :-)

Unknown said...

oh. comment gone. Thanks for that :)

It does suit better, but it gets whingey in the middle. Why musthe do that??