We've all experienced that enigmatic aroma at one time or another. Trying to define it, pin it down, I discovered the word petrichor. And yes, it's earthy, there's sheet lightning on the horizon and the ambience couldn't be more perfect for mid-September. :) https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/students/highschool/chemistryclubs/infographics/petrichor-the-smell-of-rain.pdf
shareThe smell of rain on asphalt, pavement or just some dry dirt is a sumptuous scent.
shareI got some of that petrichor this evening. More of the same is expected tomorrow, and boy, do we need it. There's no better aroma than falling rain after a prolonged dry spell. 🤗
shareI was just at the point of taking my houseplants outside when it stopped. Mother Nature is a tease. But petrichor was sensual and enjoyable while it lasted. ;)
shareI savored it for quite a while on my porch last night, watching the ominous beauty of a late summer storm advancing then suddenly all hell broke loose! Parts of town reported golf ball sized hail, lots of structural damage. My power went out for awhile. One guy posted on Facebook about his car's windshield being completely shattered. Too much of a good thing? It's either feast or famine, drought or flooding.
shareNo kidding! Hail is one thing I worry about where I live. Yes, we get the occasional tornado, and some areas have problems with spring flooding. But large hail - yikes. No, please, Mother Nature. Don't hail on my parade!
share101 here today, 102 predicted for tomorrow. This is the farthest into September I've ever experienced a summer heat wave here and yet the nights have been so refreshingly cool lately.
shareIt hit the low 90s here today. Fall weather arrives tomorrow when we'll be lucky if we hit the mid-60s, and by Friday we may not see the 60s. Whiplash weather here, for sure.
shareWhat I call the heralding of crock-pot cooking season. ;)
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shareI just stepped outside to put out the recycle bin. It feels wonderful out there now. Breezy, 72℉, and thankfully, the humidity has dropped significantly! After such a hot and humid day, happy, happy, joy, joy! 🤸♀️ Windows are now open! 😊
shareSame here. Been sitting on the porch for awhile, just enjoying a starry night, crickets chirping, subtle sheet lightning in the distance. It was supposed to have gotten to 102 today, although I don't know if it ever hit that but I do believe it's finally the end of the summertime heat.
shareRain is such a relief when the earth is parched. Petrichor is a nice smell but nothing beats standing in a silver birch wood when it rains. The scent the trees give off at those times is heaven.
shareLearn something new everyday. Never heard the term before
shareThe smell of rain is pleasant on the grass, the driveway, the garden?!?
No shit!
That’s all you have dummy, an obvious experience we’ve all had?
You are utterly worthless.
Why don’t you tell us another ‘tough guy’ story about driving across country or racing your busted Taxi Cab around town you lying fool.
It was actually one of the best running cabs in the fleet. Man and machine were one. I threw a guy through a plate glass door one night 'cause he was physically assaulting our female dispatcher. He got arrested; I got off scot-free. My boss, also a woman, dismissed the damage to the office 'cause I was such a good money-maker for her at the time.
You asked for another tough guy story....I just gave you one.
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shareJust something to additionally fuel your daily road rage while I happily go back to bed for more blissful sleep soon.
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shareNext time you want another 'tough guy' story, just let me know:
"I gotta million of 'em. "https://giphy.com/gifs/drinking-beer-jimmy-durante-l4KhSyFrZwyh3QjYY
The thing about real tough guys is they don’t feel compelled to prove it to anybody😉
shareYeah, right. (eye-roll) That's why you arrived here with the moniker you have, literally translated, 'warrior from the mean streets'. Constantly bragging about your brawling days. Also constantly claiming to have given someone an online whopping when all you did was talk trash and throw insults. Also, trying to bully certain posters off the site you personally consider as undesirables, most likely because you see them as a threat to your fake persona.
What in the fuck, would you, of all people know about "real tough guys"? You're a fat-ass pencil pusher, a wannabe.
You seem upset😀
shareThat's just what you want to read into my words 'cause you need to save face, once again. I don't use emojis as camouflage for my real feelings as you do here.
shareNow, now, relax.
You are an older fellow, you live alone, you eat fast food and you drink a lot.
Getting all worked up like this is no good for your heart!
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Actually, I cook for myself, haven't purchased from a fast food restaurant in years. You do though, plus indulge in a daily road rage, both going to and coming from work and have an addictive Kool constantly dangling from your mouth. Do you really think you'll live to see my age?
shareYes, all worked up.
Count to ten and cool off, we wouldn’t want to lose you🙂
A general question: Can anyone else sense when it's about to start raining?
That change in the air that's not a sound or a smell, but which can be sensed anyway? Anyone else got that?
I can. It's hard to describe, but I can.
sharearthritis?
shareArthur Itis?
shareAnd he's supposedly in his physical prime, depending on a walker, yet constantly wants to try to slam me concerning my age. Go figure.
shareSeriously, no. Some people have joints that ache when the barometer falls, but this is a sense of a change in the air. Or the natural sound levels. I can't describe the sensation, but it's accurate.
shareYes, I know exactly what you mean. It might have something to do with a change in air pressure?
shareMaybe, or humidity, stuffed if I know.
I mean I was hiking on a cloudy day, I got the "Gonna rain" feeling, and turned around. After 10 mintues my phone pinged with the "rain imminent" alarm from the weather app, and the rain started just as I got to my car. Convenient!
I once read that Indians were able to predict an approaching storm by hearing wolves howl because the change in barometric pressure hurt their very sensitive ears.
shareIf I'm out I'll feel a change in the wind and get a feeling in my inner ear (it's hard to describe) and I know it's going to rain, especially after a period of anticyclonic weather (now that's a phrase I don't use often, lol).
shareThere's a new word I can add, along with petrichor, ;) It's definitely apt because I live in Tornado Alley.
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