I find weather and the effect weather can have on people's actions and moods, to be fascinating. Maybe it's a Northwest thing, due to the number of cloudy and rainy days we enjoy. Or maybe it happens in any climate, that offers enough noticeable change, to its residents.
The latest experience, to remind me of this, was when we visited Costco last week. The forecast called for rain and we may have encountered showers on our way in, but once the cashier checked us out and we headed for the exit door, it began to pour. Since we usually check the weather before heading out, we had our raincoats on, as well as other shoppers. Yet still, once people got to the exit, they stopped with their loaded carts and stared out into the falling rain.
And this is why, when we were driving out of the parking lot yesterday, that we began to giggle and then guffaw, because instead of rain, the clouds had parted and that sun had space to shine. When we navigated our car past the entrance, the shoppers exiting the store, stopped in their tracks--as if they had been blinded by that sunlight. And so, I guess all it takes to stop a Northwesterner, is for Mother Nature to put on a show. <shrugs> Makes sense in a strange human way.
Love, K
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