ITS JUNE!

Its June!

Thunders strike, waters pour. Rain coats and Umbrellas are out. The gloom is back!

Its raining! The smell of earth intoxicating. Its amazing.

Individually, I hate this season. Its very gloomy, sad and makes one nostalgic. Its pathetic. But the trees and plants look so fresh! So lively. They Breathe!

There is a chill in the rain; the one that makes us want to cuddle up with the 'special someone' in a blanket and have a steaming cup of hot chocolate.

That time of the year is back.

It starts raining. The kids are out in full force. The parents rush inside. Of course, exceptions like my mother can be seen roaming the neighboring streets--> smiling as she soaks in that first showers. Dad says its stupid though he thinks its cute.

It stops raining. The kids seem disappointed. They want more. The parents are ready with towels in hands.

Personally, am glad that it stopped. But it has left the chill behind, leaving us aching for that blanket and the cup of hot cocoa.

The season has arrived.

The season of diseases introduces us to a wide range of insects. The stinky and slimy remain its favorite. The butterflies are gone (Thank god for that) but are replaced by the equally disgusting worms of various kinds. Snails are thankfully absent where I stay, but the reptiles from deep down emerge. The crabs are mating, the frogs (big, small, yellow eyed, lean, mean, poisonous, the stupid ones) are all leaping. The snakes are gliding. The small non-poisonous ones can be seen at least one per day, or is it the same I see!!? But the ones we call 'Ajgar' is a rare sighting. The ajgar snaking down and searching for its prey is worth watching (of course, its second to cobras mating) for the way it sneaks in a burrow is simply cool.

This is that time of the year, when we are made to realize that humans and dogs (read stray) are not the only speices on this earth.

Its that time of the year when we get maximum number of holidays ;D Holidays are the gifts of this season wrapped in power-cuts. Of course the oligarchy exists here as well. The privileged, the blessed ones (read Mumbaikars) always enjoy the gift without its wrapping. But every rule has an exception like 2005. The mere mortals like us are happy nevertheless.

The rainbow season is the most romantic. Its easy to spot singles. How you ask?! Well, they are the ones with a slouch! I was one of the slouchy people. Its not the person (honey) that is missed during this season of romance, its the feeling, the romance itself that we miss.

I Hate Rains.