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January 1st, 2010:- ringing in the new year with champagne, loved ones and silly conversations
- welcoming the sound of gentle rain after many days and nights of stifling heat
- watching fruitbats beating their way blackly through the evening sky to nectar-filled feeding grounds
- tasting ions in the supercharged air, as the sky turns from sulfur-yellow to furious grey-black and a thunderstorm envelops the city
- sinking into a deep bath in the darkness with the window open, heart pounding as I watch lightning tear through the curtain of night, wild and unpredictable
- feeling the thump as cascading thundercracks shake the ground and roll away across the suburbs
- savouring the cool wafts of a caressing breeze, a contrast to the violence of the retreating storm
- wondering if I could ever want for more ...
... this is bliss!
Happy New Year everybody!
