Simple Sunday ~ Culebra

Yesterday and last night into the wee hours, we waited for an appearance from Rafael. In the late afternoon, just as expected, the sky went stormy bruised colored, the water had that metallic sheen and glow, black clouds were scudding across the horizon. And then...it all stopped.

This is the bounceback of the sunset from my yard

There was blue in the sky, a truly beautiful sunset, and...nothing. No rain, an occasional cooling breeze to mitigate the hot stillness, and more of nothing. We watched the radar, we chatted online and through emails and weather sites, island to island, phone calls from the states to say, yes, it's nothing. And then there was this.

And I could only think of Kokopelli, the mischief maker.

Preparing for the worst, hoping for the best, that's simply how we roll. For Guadalupe and other islands badly affected by Rafael, we hope for your best, even while I feel ungrateful, wishing we'd just gotten some badly needed rain.

 Feeling two things, or more,  at once is pretty common here. Life in Paradox. Again.