I like cloudy days. Today has been a moderately cloudy day, with some showers and some sun.
There’s also been some wind.
In the past, I’ve liked the sound of fast wind whipping through the trees. That is, I liked it until I became a homeowner.
If the wind is whipping through the trees – I’m guaranteed of two (separate and unrelated) outcomes.
First Outcome – Annoyance Level: Medium
I have a lot of trees. Which means I have a lot of branches. With wind, it means I have a lot of dead branches scattered around my yard. It’s not the tree branches that are a pain, it’s getting rid of them all. You’d think a tree would lose most of it’s dead branches quickly. Not so.
Second Outcome – Annoyance Level: High
In my neighborhood, I live almost at the end of the street. The “L” shape of my house turns my front yard into some sort of scientific wind tunnel whereby all the neighborhood garbage collects there. It especially is crappy on recycling day – everyone’s recycling blows into my yard. Walking around my yard picking up other people’s recycling is almost as much fun as disposing of dead branches.
