After the Rainfall

After the rainfall the leaves are covered with a layer of moisture and you can smell the warmth and humidity in the air.  Flowers are the best.  Plumerias dance in my mind as I think about the afterfall of rain. 

I remember looking up and seeing the clouds and mist above me, seemingly forbidding, but in reality just a respite from the travails of the day. 

Aloha Pest Control sent me to the house in the Manoa Valley.  It was raining lightly and I was a little concerned because the house was on a hill . . much like our house on Hoohaku St.  They had a little problem with some mites from a bird that had passed in the eaves.  I cleaned it out and sprayed the eaves . .

The mist was still heavy and I took all my gear to the truck and packed it up.

The old Aloha Pest Control truck had a broken gear shift.   Not a problem.  It was jucka-lacka (is this a word?) any way.

But, then I looked up at the sun breaking through the clouds and the moisture as it left the delicate leaves of the plumeria.  And, the fragrance.

It’s a wonderful world.