Tropical Twin Cities

We continue with our daily showers. They come down so quickly and so heavy now, that it feels downright tropical here in the north.  When we were in our 20s, Steve and I spent 3 months backpacking around the archipelagos of French Polynesia.  It was monsoon season, and every afternoon, for 40 minutes, the rains would come. It was the wettest rain I have ever experienced–huge droplets falling all at once. No winds, no thunder, no lightening–just big fat rain drops pouring out of the sky all at once. And as soon as it was over, the sun came right back out and started the process of evaporation all over again. This is the kind of summer we are having up here in Minnesota. It’s unusual for us. Everything is moist and drippy. Including me. At least the lichens are loving it.

lichens on an oak branch