The house suddenly got dark. I knew what was coming. I stopped what I was doing and went outside to greet it. I have a bench up at the gate where you can see the open space along the highway, I chose to sit there and wait. The black clouds rolled and tumbled from the northeast headed southwest at an almost alarming speed. I closed my eyes and breathed and waited. It's almost here. You can smell it. The wind comes first, hard and cool. Oh how wonderful it feels compared to normal July weather in Oklahoma. It doesn't last long, it's moving too fast. I can see the rain falling in sheets across the bridge.. another hundred yards to go.

Rain. Hard driving, I call it power wash rain.

and then it's over.

summers back but not quiet so mean.