misting

White, diaphanous and mysterious, the clouds next to my window and over the wing of the plane were always my favorite thing when flying as a little kid. For much of my childhood I had memorized the names of various formations and studied the watercycle, but what had always interested me was what clouds looked like close up. Flying satisfied that for me, despite the fact that I now realize my breath, steam and condensation in general closely resemble the high-altitude view. It was the scale, however that fascinated me most. Being already inside something as gigantic as an aircraft, the ability of a cloud to envelop both sides and obscure a nearby wing or a farm down below was awesome. Of course, that wasn't enough for me, I had seen clouds close up, then I wanted to know what they felt like.

Pretty simple minded to be fascinated with clouds, but my fascination with clouds wasn't unique, I was and basically still am just fascinated with basic stuff, not that I should admit that here. That might explain my fascination today with the rain type stuff that was sort of falling from the sky. Rain happens in Utah, but these light airy droplets are unique to my East Coast experience. The first time I was surrounded by the stuff at Lehigh someone called it "misting". All official titles aside these superfine drops of gently falling water moved me to keep my umbrella closed, hold my head up high, and smile. Today's mists were like touching the clouds.

Useless observations aside, today many important things appear to be tied across the nation. Both the ALCS and the NCLS seem to be leaning that way, as does the presidential election. The real question no one seems to be answering is how the outcome of the world series will affect the election. Maybe because their is no relationship, although once I did hear a study of a correlation between the superbowl and either something political or meteorological. I could research this phenomenon, but it's far too complicated for my simple musings, I'm going to leave it up to you.

Today's Song:
Warning Sign, Coldplay

Random Fun:
play the cloud matching game http://www.ucar.edu/educ_outreach/webweather/cloudmatch.html