That is the official title of this small little season squeezed between the very long Monsoon and what I am told will be a long Winter (we won't be here for a good chunk of it, so la de da Winter!). The official start of Post Monsoon is September 15th. It's an arbitrary day, just like March 21st is the first day of Spring. Since we didn't see the sun for the first three days of Post Monsoon I thought I would hold off on announcing the commencement of this season. It's like declaring "Spring is here!" in Chicago because, undoubtedly, more snow will fall.
But the past three days have been, if not totally sunny, partly sunny...and I will take it! Feeling and seeing the sun makes a HUGE difference on my outlook. I feel like I can genuinely smile once again; for a while there, I was smiling through my teeth "yes, good day to you too"....ugh. Now I am bouncing around, "beautiful day, isn't it?" and meaning every word.
The sun has an affect on the animals as well. We saw our first Pine Martens on Sunday. They look like Weasels, but move like Dolphins. Now, at any time of day, there is a cacophony of birds greeting us as we walk. This makes for beautiful music and fantastic birding (Andy is getting super excited!).
I am told that the clear signs that the monsoon is coming to an end are the browning ferns. Once lush, vibrant and growing out of any surface that would stand still (seen here on a tree), the ferns are now curling up and turning brown.
It used to be that plants dying and leaves changing color would bring on a melancholy feeling. But here, I feel like singing "So long, farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good Bye!" I don't wish for you to stay if it means the rains must continue!
These corn on the cob-like plants turn red when the monsoon is over.
Looks pretty good and red to me! Adiós monsoon! Au revoir! Ciao! You will not be missed!
Once the ground dries up, Oliver and I can go and play in the field by our house. With all the rain leeches were too prevalent to warrant a fun day of crawling around in the grass. So long rain, so long leeches! Greetings Sun!
But the past three days have been, if not totally sunny, partly sunny...and I will take it! Feeling and seeing the sun makes a HUGE difference on my outlook. I feel like I can genuinely smile once again; for a while there, I was smiling through my teeth "yes, good day to you too"....ugh. Now I am bouncing around, "beautiful day, isn't it?" and meaning every word.
The sun has an affect on the animals as well. We saw our first Pine Martens on Sunday. They look like Weasels, but move like Dolphins. Now, at any time of day, there is a cacophony of birds greeting us as we walk. This makes for beautiful music and fantastic birding (Andy is getting super excited!).
I am told that the clear signs that the monsoon is coming to an end are the browning ferns. Once lush, vibrant and growing out of any surface that would stand still (seen here on a tree), the ferns are now curling up and turning brown.
These corn on the cob-like plants turn red when the monsoon is over.
Looks pretty good and red to me! Adiós monsoon! Au revoir! Ciao! You will not be missed!
Once the ground dries up, Oliver and I can go and play in the field by our house. With all the rain leeches were too prevalent to warrant a fun day of crawling around in the grass. So long rain, so long leeches! Greetings Sun!
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