To me, it's a bad day when I want to write and the clouds appear overhead and it rains. Today it is so dark and gloomy that I have to have the light on, above my keyboard.  It's hard to see anything without some artificial light.

I have a few issues when I set out to write.   I like it to be a bright and sunny day.  Today's weather is the worst for me.  It does remind me of the nursery rhyme - Rain, Rain, Go Away.  I like to see out of the windows.  I always dislike being in a house where it is difficult to see outside, though strangely I happy write when I am in the library and am in an enclosed space. The house I am in at the moment has double layers of white (sometimes lacey) curtains and I feel as if I am in a white bubble.  Not my best Writing venue.

It's raining.  The forecast is for heavy rain for a few days as Cyclone Owen makes its way across the north of Queensland.  It is not unusual at this time of year to have days of miserable rain, storms, floods and even dramatic smashing of properties with a cyclone.  So far, it is only rain and flooding. Though all of the east coast of Australia is getting a drenching.  Strange, as in recent months all the chatter has been about the drought.  At least the rains have fallen in parts of western Queensland, so it is helping those properties that have an urgent need for more water!

(The photo doesn't do it justice).

The rain though has slowed, and the sky behind the trees does not look as dark in the pic as it does as I stand outside.

As it turns out I am meeting with a friend for lunch, and have an event later in the day, so it is not a good writing day in any case.

Still, I have put a few words together.  I'm not inspired to write great things today.  I'll wait for a sunshiny day.