the hot goddess

Getting Over the Hump 

Fall storms awaken
 Nature's brush and art appears
On a morn's canvas

I love Portugal’s gorgeous, sunny weather, and friends are sick and tired of all my sunset photos from my backyard. So I’m balancing all that with this. Yeah, Portugal (and Spain and France) got socked by storm Aline and her 110km/hour winds and 14-meter waves. There was flooding in my small village, and more severe damage in parts of Lisbon, the Algarve, and elsewhere in the country. There was no damage to my home. This week, rain and wind continue. But the sun makes an appearance and, sometimes, we’ll even catch glimpse of a rainbow.

But you have to take time to notice. My namorado saw this featured rainbow while he was driving me home from early-morning lab tests (I’m fine!). He spotted the rainbow while I was busy obsessing over something stupid. Then he chased it (slowly), found the perfect spot, pulled over, and stopped the car so I could take this photo…and be reminded of joy.

There will always be something out of our control that’s ready to cause a problem, big or small. How we choose to look at and handle it is up to us.

My village when Aline blew in.

Source: Jornal Alvorada on Facebook
Source: Euroweekly News
Portugal’s Civil Protection unit keeps residents informed with warnings via text messaging and other channels.
This is nothing compared to the terrible storms and hurricanes that hit the Atlantic Coast of the United States with increasing regularity.
The sun making an appearance later the same day.

Wishing you rainbows between your raindrops this midweek “hump day.” Thank you for reading!

The Hot Goddess

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