Well this blog started out as a requirement for a technology class so it has been dormant since last spring. I decided that I needed some outlet for my love of nature so I decided to start bloggin again for that reason.
I live in north central Tennesse and of late the weather has been awsome. The past several days have been cool and a wonderful change of pace from the hot and humid summer that had previous hung over the land. With the windows open and the AC off it has been a joy. I am a fulltime graduate student taking night classes this semester, so I am at home during the day for now. I am working toward teaching grades 7-12 mathematics and will soon start 30 hours of classroom observations during the school day.
On to the joy of nature that I experienced yesterday. After several days of possible rain, as the sunset, a slow drizzle began to fall and continued for hours. I slept with the windows open so that I could listen to the soothing sound of the rain drops hitting the leaves on the bush outside my window. It is like music to my soul. It is comforting to me to listen and enjoy the "music" that God has created for those who will listen. At 4:30 AM the pace changed. Lightening struck with a loud wakeup call and the heavens unleashed the reservoir over the meadow in which I live.
I got up to close the other windows in the house. Since it was not blowing into my window, I left mine open so that I could enjoy the intense symphony of sound. It was glorious, the cracking of the thunder, the accompanying light show, the steady beat of the drops coming down. This went on until sunrise and now we are back to the calm coolness of the end of summer days.
Now as I write, I listen to the locus chirp and the occassional bird sing. This is the first day in a while that there hasn't been the sound of a neighbor mowing their lawn - that's a treat. The rain will have nurished my flower garden which was in sad need of water. Because I am mentally busy with school work, at this point in the gardening year, my flowers have to take whatever comes from the sky.
Well I need to get to doing some work. So I will close for now!
SkyBlue Sue
Thursday, September 3, 2009
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