Lightening Strikes

The desert holds an interesting place here in my mind.  It is beautiful and oppressive.  When the wind blows, the baking desert finds your bones.  It is hot.  It is a challenge to drink enough water.  And yet it is gorgeous.  It is exhausting.  And it holds surprises. 

Lightening storms are one of those cool desert surprises.  Most evenings in the summer here the sky gives a show.  Today was no different.  The clouds gather, pretty and puffy.  The wind whips the whispy trees and bushy flowers. And, if you are lucky, the rain cools the skin.  The lightening, romantic and strong and shocking, reminds me that I am small. And I am lucky to see this show.

I have a ticket to Northern India, Leh.  I will be there next wednesday.  Its going to be awesome.