Darlings, you don't get LUSH tropical gardens without RAIN!!Looking out over Biscayne Bay, a typical Miami summer storm
Hel-lo gorgeous creatures of the blogosphere! La Diva is in a particularly good mood today as I'm going out of town for the weekend to spend with dear friends in a quiet but beautiful place! Ahhhh, escape!
On Monday, my sidekick DJ Nevah L8 took a video of this magnificent electrical storm in Miami. Ok, ok I KNOW IT'S VERY BLACK but how can you realize the drama of an electrical tropical storm with bright lights? And besides, La Diva is going out of town tomorrow and wanted to post something before I left and guess what? I got nuthin'. Nada. Zilch. Zip. So, you get a video of the rain!!! Watch....and listen!
Southern Florida is especially lush, with tropical hammock canopies over the streets complete with air ferns and climbing vines as depicted in landscape paintings by local artist Federico Carosio.
Southern Florida is especially lush, with tropical hammock canopies over the streets complete with air ferns and climbing vines as depicted in landscape paintings by local artist Federico Carosio.I don't know about you but I find heavy rain, especially storms, to be incredibly exciting! When the clouds open up and it starts to rain buckets, La Diva rushes out like a little kid and puts her little face in it!
I remember my house in Sydney had a tin roof over the back porch and I used to love sitting out there during heavy rains, captivated. I would stare into my garden from the dry porch as the driving drops rat-tat-tatted like a drum on the roof and the blossoms were drenched with stems bent over by the force.
So, dig the rain, darlings, and remember, if it pours this weekend, it's the rain that makes it all green and lush! Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!!!
Ciao and have a wonderful weekend!
Ciao and have a wonderful weekend!
Though far from tropical, the Pacific Northwest is lush and green, too---even through winter! I love it here, can't wait for you to visit!
ReplyDeleteI think Portland is considered a temperate with rain forest. I've been to cooler climate rain forests in Far North Australia. Yes, I'll have to work out a plan....
ReplyDeleteI love T-storms with lots of lightning. And heat-lightning in the summer. I was hatched and weaned in SoFla. But we actually get more of both up here.
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I love a good heavy rainstorm, big dark clouds, the electricity in the air. Could do without the tornados that sometimes come with them.
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