Sea of Umbrellas
They aren’t Oregonians, that’s for sure. This sea of umbrellas must be somewhere that people are afraid of melting or that a little rain will mess up their perfectly coiffed hair. One hundred percent chance of rain—real drenching rain, not a mere drizzle—and there wouldn’t be an umbrella in sight where I come from. I know, because that’s what I faced just this morning. So I threw on my rain jacket, flipped up the hood, and I was good to go.
Wait, I think I see an Oregonian there next to the girl with the pink umbrella. He’s braving the rain with a backpack on his back in true Oregonian style. No fear!
A little rainfall
never melted anyone
but the wicked witch
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For Haibun Monday at dVerse Poets Pub, Mary has given us four of her original photos to choose from to inspire our haibun. Mine’s a little shorter than my usual haibun, but I think it fits the bill for this rainy, windy day in Oregon, with flooding streams and standing water on the roads.
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This made me smile! I don’t even own an umbrella!
I own several, but never, ever use them.
Downpour or light rain umbrellas are always at the ready. But a little rain is not really a bother
Hank
We own several but I can’t remember the last time I used one.
I enjoyed the light touch you gave to this, Linda. The only thing about no umbrella…the hair! :0)
I have straight hair that doesn’t do much anyway, so I don’t mind if it gets wet. Besides, that’s what a hood is for.
Oh this is wonderful!! 🙂
Lovely!
Ha, ha, ha! I’m sure Oregonians are like the English – no need to have hoods or umbrellas, you’re not made of sugar, you won’t melt in a few drops of rain… A charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the prompt. And very succinct too, unlike me!
Smiles.. humans
never fear the
rain until they
gain
clothes..
before that
it is a joy
to beat
the
sweltering
heat.. and
of course to
drink.. as life
giving 90% of
what we are
in
flesh..
AND
blood..
Old dreams
of Rain
Simply Life..:)
Where I grew up, umbrellas had no purpose… Rain always come with wind, making the umbrellas useless. A raincoat saves the day though, and coiffures has to be rain-proofed.
Living up the road from you near Tacoma, I hear where you’re coming from. I have two umbrellas in my car, had them for 10 years & have never opened either of them; gortex jackets with big hoods & ball caps do it for me. To the ghost lady in TX, I have to say that when it finally does rain there it floods everything.
haha, Glenn! You are so right! It is either no rain, or too much at once 😉
Ha…this is good, Linda. I have family in Oregon…I doubt they bother with umbrellas either!
This reminds me of Scotland. I spent a whole school year there and since I did not have a car had to walk quite a lot. The irst thing I bought was an umbrella!
A most humorous haibun! I don’t usually worry about rain because I wear my hair in a single braid and I don’t wear make up….I’m glad you spotted that one Oregonian in the crowd of prissy pots!
I wish it was raining here instead of cold icy winter~ I like my big umbrellas if it rains and I can’t just have a rain jacket ~ Love the sea of umbrellas and a little rain doesn’t hurt for sure ~
I’m trying not to complain about the rain — at least it’s not icy — but the roads flooding does make travel a challenge.
haha…good one! We never see many umbrellas here where I am in Tx either. I think it’s because we so seldom see any rain, we forget we have one, or forget where we put it 😉
Ah, I think people in Washington State and Oregon are used to such rain. They hardly bat an eye with it. They are ‘good to go’ in any kind of weather!