Climate tantrums...how weather impacts mood

[peacetraveler22]

Draped in clouds, I can easily weave my own stories and fairy tales, and for a brief moment they existed on Saturday, when I spent the afternoon lying in this field of buttercups. Their damp petals were fully stretched to a softness that even butterflies would slip if they dare trod upon them. Now, again, we have grey skies and rain in my area for the 19th straight day. I can't remember so many consecutive days of this dreariness in my lifetime...uninspiring.

Many people have told me I always have my head in the clouds, and while I think this is mostly meant as an insult, they are absolutely right! :) I think it's better to be a dreamer engaged in afternoon or moonlit dances with clouds, petals or distant stars than to constantly live in a grey, expressionless or foggy void.

I suppose rain also has seductive charms, creating glistening eyelashes that easily entice, steady and rhythmic pulses like tap dancers on the streets or tin roofs, but the allure of these downpours is lost during the workday, sitting in the office and traffic. The bewitching spell is most often cast in the arms of a wet lover, silver liquid kisses...yep, they are enchanting. But I began to wonder why? Probably we are conditioned to believe such as a result of thousands of scenes from romantic movies, where lovers always become passionately entwined in downpours. Or, maybe it's just one of those things that simply exists and is felt, without explanation, as is almost always the case with love and whimsical emotions.

Anyway, I'm alive but don't have time or inspiration to write texts the past few weeks. I hope everyone had a wonderful May holiday, and is now in the summer mood, as I know this is the season where most people thrive and feel happiest. Weather seriously impacts my mood on multiple levels, and while I'm not normally bothered by rain and even find delight on it on occasion, after three weeks straight it grows tiresome...so, please send some gentle sunbeams my way. :)

Comments

[pin-gwin.livejournal.com]

These flowers are called "Chicken Blindness" in Russia. They say you may get blind if you will eat one. Not proven to be true. Hey, you don't like it hot, don't you? Cloudy may be better since DC is steamy in summer, so enjoy.

[moskitow.livejournal.com]

I'm going to Italy soon, I will send you plenty of sunbeams (and kisses from hot Italian machos too) :)
Sorry for the weather, I don't like excessive rain either.....

[xena-kost.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this weather sucks. I doubled my vitamin D doze, ate chocolates, but dense fog interrupted only by rain eliminates all my efforts. This is Chicago in May! I am supposed to wear a ton of sunscreen by now

[kremlin-curant.livejournal.com]

I love incremental weather. Not sure it is because I'm crazy or old.

[notabler.livejournal.com]

Very poetic !

[eltelfo.livejournal.com]

всё правильно, отдыхать от интернетов надо

[theodorexxx.livejournal.com]

YAHOOO! You are alive though in a bad mood. I thought maybe your work sucked all your energy

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

I'd like not to have direct sunbeams but just warm... around 22 Celsius...

[3as7.livejournal.com]

During the rain I feel sentimental, and I love the rain even when I have to commute while it rains.
I also enjoy the snow, the magical transformation of the nature that happens when it falls, the silent whisper of the falling snowflakes, the bite of a blizzard.
I love summer and sunshine, but I am thoroughly enjoying the shade, autumn, spring and winter as well. I would not be happy without the changing seasons.

If I would ever move to CA, I would be missing the seasons a lot, and eventually I know that I'll end up in the Northeast.

[allanyan.livejournal.com]

It is so poetic! I feel (and I believe, a lot of people feel the same way) that cloudy days in a row are so depressing.

[rollson.livejournal.com]

I see you are in romantic mood!
be careful in Georgia!
you can be an easy mark for some Georgian macho!

Как всегда - мудрость

[andrey-kaminsky.livejournal.com]

Keep your text simple:

Oh no, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face
With The Man Who Sold The World

- a worthy example to follow

[moonrainbow.livejournal.com]

Hey, be happy! It is easy to say though when it is sunny, and the sky is blue, and there is a gentle wind touching your skin... Not so, when it is cold, and grey, and all colors are gone and the world is monochromatic, and the days are short, and the nights are endlessly long, and there is mud and dirt instead of white snow. I become depressed after a few weeks of such a weather. I am clearly addicted to the sun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0G0c_1JPGJQ
This is a song about weather in the meaning of "bad weather" from "Goodbye, Mary Poppins" movie filmed in the Soviet Union. I believe you know this "ideal English nanny" character (who also does magic by the way).

[ivan ivanych (from livejournal.com)]

Shannon, definitely cloud hiding the sun. A little more, and it is sure to peep out