A Rainy Day ...

When u read this imagine u are seeing and feeling and experiencing all that is written in this blog .....
Yes the rains have arrived .................yes Chennai has rains !!!
The day is so good , when i woke up early in the morning there was a light continuous drizzle , as i stood in the balcony ...that faint smell of mud in the rain was so good .The cool breeze carressed my cheeks and played around with my hair as it flew carelessly and said good morning to the wind and the rain and the hidden sun ........
A bird sat on a branch like a wet beautiful statue , water dripping drop by drop from the tip of it's beak ....... occasionally it gave a shake to it's wings to ward off the water drops that teased him so .It wondered if to wander out or no ?
A dog on the street walked lazily drenched like a sponge tail and ears lying limp and soggy .....eyes blinking to keep out the water drops , an occasional shake that that gave out a water spray on the passerby in neatly whitener dipped dhoti and shirt .....Oh he said and involuntarily jumped to the side with one leg raised to avoid the water .
My neighbour sat in a reclining chair in his balcony with a steaming cup of something in his hand , the steam arising from his cup like a dancing lady in a cold morning .
Inside my bedroom my little one lay snug in bed covered cozily by her blankets that i pulled up to her necks , making her look like a cosy Caterpillar in her Cocoon !
As i brushed her hair away from her eyes the little face smiled in sleep and cuddled up even more and i gave a very soft kiss on her cheeks trying not to awaken her from her cosy happy slumber ....Wish i could cuddle up too , no no that is not possible for a working woman and a mother of a tiny tot who goes to school :(
The water was freezing cold as i washed the vessels ...
Then after the moning rush Ammu and me got ready to start our day .She excitedly put on her rain cap and i took my umbrella ...though silently we both wished ,am sure,to be able to get wet and enjoy a walk in the rain !!!!
As we sat in the car ammu squealed with excitement to see the water go splish splosh splatter as vehicles rushed by .
People holding umbrellas trying to fight a loosing battle with the breeze that teased them by turning their umbrellas upside down ...... Embarrassed laughters mixed with silent curses as they desperately tried to straighten it ...
Women pull up their sarees to keep it from getting wet and the speeding driver makes their strategy a waste as he carelessly splashes the water all over them as he speeds by .......Again curses but this time not silent as they raise their hands and animated curses and loud voices being drowned in the rain splitter splatter splish splosh .....
Ammu is loving all of this and she being a very caring soul thinks ...amma some children in my class dont have car will they get wet , oh poor friends of mine ........but then she feels they are lucky that they can get wet and enjoy the rain !!!
A man angrily pushes his car,it has stopped in the middle of the road , towards the side ........." I have an urgent meeting today , the boss will kill me " he tells his equally frustrated wife who is more bothered about her dripping make up and her ruined hairstyle and her leather sandals and bag :)) !
A group of excited school children slowly make their way finding puddles of water and making sure they walk in them and their parents angrily pull them out , no use carefully polished shoes are really soaking wet by now ........
A pair of teenagers in tight fitting dresses all decked up for college look happy as they walk without a care and an umbrella enjoying every drop every puddle ......... Also happy are two young guys on a bike at the signal as they enjoy not the rain but this pretty sight !!!!
The trees look like decked up brides as their green leaves are more green than ever now and flowers colour them up like blush on the cheeks . Water drops looking like earrings and diamonds on the beautiful bride swaying to the music of the wind and rain .

I take ammu inside her class and leave her there with a kiss and watch her excitedly share the rainy adventure with an equally excited group of her friends Zenna , Nooha , shreshta and Nivedita .......all twinkly eyes , excited grinning , slightly drippy ponytails , and wet shoes that make the squishy noise when they walk ,... wow they love that and walk about to hear it .......
Opps i could watch these little girls forever but got to go ..... As i reach my office i see a dripping traffic policeman standing idly in his traffic island thinking maybe why the traffic lights are off on a rainy day , else he could sit inside his office sipping a hot cup of tea and just be lazy ........
I have reached my office , i have the best seat in the office right next to the window ..... as i open the window the rain lashes at the window panes and says good morning to me again ........a little bird sits on the opposite tree trying to dry itself but a huge water drop drips straight onto its little head and completely drenches her as she hastily gets a start and then tries all over again to get a little dry ........................
Today is a wonderful day ........ Love u little rain drops ........my steaming cup of coffee has come so i will sit by the window and enjoy it seeing the rain unfold many a stories on the road ............