No post since Feb 1. what a pity. But I must say, that Feb, March and April 2010 have been singularly busy and chaotic. I have no idea how the days have gone by. And yet, here I am staring May in the face and wondering whether time is also relative.
Still in Shimla, enjoying the weather. Although it did get warm, (warm mind you, not hot as it gets down south) during March and April, so much so that I was speculating about temperatures in May touching almost 34-35 deg Centigrade here in Shimla. Now that May has finally dawned, much to my surprise, the temperatures are cooler and the days more comfortable than the previous month. At least that is the case for now. The reason being light showers every other day interspersed with the sun peeking out for a few brief moments.
As a result, the wind has gotten a bit chilly, and there is the constant rumbling of the gods anger to back it up. Talking of backup - there goes the power supply just as I write this. Today is an exceptionally rainy day. usually it starts out sunny and bright , gets cloudy by mid-day and finally a bit of rain in the evening. Today I have woken up to a overcast, gloomy sky, thunder, lightening and viola, rain as I write this post. It is a most magical world outside and I hate having to go to office today :)
I am thankful for it though, I have sorely missed this phenomenon (overcast cloud, chilly winds, wet weather, rain , thunder etc) last year when I spent my monsoon in Delhi and not in Goa. It was the worst monsoon of my life, I'd rather by stuck in a flooded Mumbai. I am sure the farmers in Himachal are rejoicing with me. Himachal has seen little or no rain in the last 4 - 5 years, and this rain should help in replenishing the groundwater reserves, quenching the thirst of many a parched fields and adding life to dwindling streams of water.
It has stopped raining, just a small shower lasting around 10 mins, thats about the extent of the showers these days, and maybe one or two showers a day. But thats in Shimla, a few kms in the interior - Mashobra is having much more rainfall and we go still higher up, its raining even more. Manali is still under snow as a result, or so they say, gonna go check out the claims tomorrow.
Thats all for now. need to get going.
Still in Shimla, enjoying the weather. Although it did get warm, (warm mind you, not hot as it gets down south) during March and April, so much so that I was speculating about temperatures in May touching almost 34-35 deg Centigrade here in Shimla. Now that May has finally dawned, much to my surprise, the temperatures are cooler and the days more comfortable than the previous month. At least that is the case for now. The reason being light showers every other day interspersed with the sun peeking out for a few brief moments.
As a result, the wind has gotten a bit chilly, and there is the constant rumbling of the gods anger to back it up. Talking of backup - there goes the power supply just as I write this. Today is an exceptionally rainy day. usually it starts out sunny and bright , gets cloudy by mid-day and finally a bit of rain in the evening. Today I have woken up to a overcast, gloomy sky, thunder, lightening and viola, rain as I write this post. It is a most magical world outside and I hate having to go to office today :)
I am thankful for it though, I have sorely missed this phenomenon (overcast cloud, chilly winds, wet weather, rain , thunder etc) last year when I spent my monsoon in Delhi and not in Goa. It was the worst monsoon of my life, I'd rather by stuck in a flooded Mumbai. I am sure the farmers in Himachal are rejoicing with me. Himachal has seen little or no rain in the last 4 - 5 years, and this rain should help in replenishing the groundwater reserves, quenching the thirst of many a parched fields and adding life to dwindling streams of water.
It has stopped raining, just a small shower lasting around 10 mins, thats about the extent of the showers these days, and maybe one or two showers a day. But thats in Shimla, a few kms in the interior - Mashobra is having much more rainfall and we go still higher up, its raining even more. Manali is still under snow as a result, or so they say, gonna go check out the claims tomorrow.
Thats all for now. need to get going.
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