southbound train

train tracks run right next to my neighborhood, and dozens of times a day we hear the rumble of trains going by.  i don't know what it is, but something about hearing a train go by - not the loud whistle, but the noise the train makes as it goes over the tracks - is really soothing.  these are my train tracks.  hello, train.

the sound is soothing to me in the same way that a thunderstorm is soothing - maybe it's white noise?

speaking of thunderstorms, we need one, and we're supposedly getting one today.  great green-yellow clouds of pollen are blowing off of trees and covering everything in sight.  we need some rain to clean up our city.  this radar map makes me pretty happy.

(from weatherbug)