one outta two

hey, it would work for a batter, wouldn't it?

It was a tranquil but glorious sunrise this morning after I saw bolts of lightning twice in a single towering cloud out over the Bay (the middle one you see below). I wasn’t quick enough to set up for the shot so I can’t share it with you but can provide the sky as the colours bled across the sky about half an hour later.

The lightning was rather spooky but we heard a couple of rumbles during the night so I knew it had been around. This was all quite encouraging since it might signal both rain and a break in the temperature/humidity.

We ventured into Virginia today which now counts as an adventure. Annapolis, with its 30,000 residents has about six possible traffic tie ups..and they are pretty minor. I find this charming after decades of watching D.C. traffic become the biggest complaint in town. I learned to drive in the Virginia suburbs so I didn’t realise for years, as one of our loyal readers pointed out when she visited me, that when in situ I drive like a Beltway Brawler. Living in Annapolis now, I think I qualify as a Recovering Brawler which offers me peace.

As we returned, the predicted and definitely welcome rain descended on us as we snaked along the southern portion of the Beltway from Virginia to Maryland. The Woodrow Wilson Bridge exemplifies why traveling Interstate 95 is so frustrating because too many lanes diminish into too few with every increasing volume. But traffic moved slowly and steadily as raindrop fell for about half an hour.

We eventually wound our way through the PG County travel section onto Route 50. Thankfully we did not see the same terrifying drag racing we witnessed but survived along the Inner Loop this morning. Does the rest of the country have this drag racing problem or is it Redskin (sorry, Commanders) nor Nats fans using their cars to register their frustrations? PG County still included rain so I was looking forward to seeing the wet streets of Annapolis, especially accompanied by lightning.

My optimism held until we got to Annapolis where the streets are dry. No rain. Absolutely no rain.

However, the air is a hint drier than it was this morning. It wasn’t oppressively hot as it as been for days. I know we can’t claim quite the sustained pain of Killeen, Texas or Lafayette, Louisiana but it’s been scorching for the Mid-Atlantic.

Not this afternoon. We somehow, albeit apparently without rain, received some relief.

One out of my two wishes came true.

We need the rain. However, I am reminding myself that in baseball, one of out two is the same as batting .500. When’s the last time someone batted .500 for a season? Professionally? Heavens, never in the pros. If we can get one of our two desired outcomes of more comfortable conditions and rain, we are pretty successful. We got the drier conditions. Pretty welcome news.

Now, about that rain…

Thank you for reading today’s perspective. I appreciate your thoughts on this or anything else.

Be well and be safe, especially if you are getting that rain. FIN

UPDATE: 55 minutes later, we are getting glorious, wet, steady and excellent rain! The Navy game, about a mile and a half from us as the crow flies, is empty due to lightning. But, did I mention it’s raining?

Woo hoo! That qualifies as batting 1000. Life is good. FIN FIN