Summer Rains

“summer rains, you can never predict them,” Edd (cartoon Ed, Edd and Eddy)

It’s Monday! Hope you are well and welcome back to my blog, if you’re new karibu (welcome) 🙂 . Here in Nairobi we’ve been having confusing weather, at times it’s intriguing but mostly annoying. Very hot not a single cloud in the sky to rain on your parade, BAM! A heavy down pour…sigh*.

So as we experience this ‘summer rains’…haha it reminds me of this Ed, Edd and Eddy episode. Truly “summer rains, you can never predict them.” I find it amusing, borderline hilarious, how we all rush and throw our senses out when the first few drops of rain touch down. People scurry like ants been smoked out of an anthill. Crossing a busy highway without a care to be cautious, people pushing, shoving, running or people start hurdling up at the nearest place to shelter themselves. It’s so chaotic it’s ridiculous. It’s at such a time an unappreciated invention comes in play, the umbrella. All this drama not to get wet yet an umbrella, such a simple and genius invention can save you from all this unruly madness. Granted for some reason whenever you need something in particular, that day you don’t have it. I carry a brolly with me almost constantly. But the day I decide not to for one reason or the other e.g. handbag is too small or not enough space. Lo and behold! The heavens open up and pour relentlessly and you feel like some universal forces plotted against you. In short it’s frustrating.

Quick fact, the word umbrella comes from the Latin word umbra, meaning shade or shadow and last Wednesday was actually a holiday that celebrates the invention of umbrellas. This humble invention’s origin has been debated upon and no one knows exactly who first came up with it or the superstitions that came with it. But that doesn’t matter it’s here and I am truly grateful for it especially with Nairobi’s erratic weather patterns. Thus, I believe it is important to invest in a quality umbrella, save yourselves from the madness!!

Keep smiling 🙂

Simply Siro

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