Strangeness in Portland
I woke up this morning to a very overcast and lightly raining sky, it looked like it did the last time I was in Seattle, WA. I left for school around 10:30am in the dark grey clouds. I went through one class (health programs/disease prevention), wandered to the library class in clouds, and then sat inside the Portland State University library for four hours. I watched rain, sunshine, blue sky, and then hail hit the PSU campus while I was holed up in my favorite area (on the fourth floor, by the soccer/football field windows, in case anyone feels like stalking little ‘ol me). All of these weather patterns went down in less than four hours in the early afternoon. Amazing!
On my way home (I left downtown Portland around 6:30pm) and drove in the clouds, in the rain, in the HAIL (in September!) and then in the rain again. It’s so strange, yet so familiar to be in weather like this. It’s comforting to know that I can go home, cook some soup and relax while keeping myself warm.
Portland weather never ever ceases to fascinate me – I love to just watch the weather. I have a large window in my living room and have been known to lay sideways in my favorite (big, huge cushy) chair watching the rain fall. My front windows are surrounded by big trees and rhododendrons and so I get to see either the sun making them insanely green or the rain making their branches heavy with moisture. Either way I am normally fascinated by what I can see!
Living in Portland has definitely given me the chance to see most of the world’s available weather. You either love or hate the rain in Oregon, and while I do love the rain, I absolutely love the change between the rain!
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October 4th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Ohhh, what a pretty picture! I love how the weather changes in the great big beautiful northwest. If you don’t like the weather…wait 5 minutes. Heh.
October 4th, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Kyla, gotta love that five-minutes line!
It’s so very true!