Virga is the rain we don't get.
MW Dictionary says virga is "wisps of precipitation evaporating before reaching the ground"
The Oxford dictionary says virga is "a mass of streaks of rain appearing to hang under a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground"
We know it as a scent.
We can smell the virga,
but we never feel it.
We can see it - sheets of rain leaving a cloud.
But the rain never touches us.
Toby sits and waits for rain.
He smells it....
9 comments:
We cannot see neither smell "virga".
We badly need the rain though with this heat wave hitting us.
Costas
Beautiful post, Brenda!
I love Toby's poem and his photo.
Stella loves to sit out on a mildly windy day, with her nose to the air, picking up scents. If she smells rain, she wants IN.
Although if the rain is there, we almost always get it!
Jo
We're not even getting the virga. Rain would be so nice.
Here in Tucson, it's not virga anymore...it lightning and downpours! Pretty amazing. I'm wondering if I should teach you another Spanish word that looks similiar to virga. It's a naughty. Replace the "i" with an "e" and then check it up in the dictionary. You may just have a good laugh. Everytime I hear that word I burst out laughing. It relates to a physical male body part or it can mean "shoot" and "darn it!" But with the darker meanings of those words:) There's your Spanish word for the day:)
I can't hear "virga" without hearing "Viagra." I suppose that means I'm limited. And juvenile. And other bad things.
Even here in the Midwest it's been hot and dry enough that I can guess at what it must be like in the SW.
Really nice interplay between your text and Toby's photo.
I smelled it last night, but I never saw it. I think rain is the biggest tease. My brother in Tucson has been getting rain nearly every day. *pout*
I'm juvenile too
Beautiful photographs, beautiful dog. I am greeting
That's a new word for me! I sure do understand it though! That Toby is so darn cute...
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