Its a lovely weather here today in the western part of Africa. Speaking of...a lot of friends have this view that the weather in this part of the country is strange and always at extremes. The sun here is extremely "scorchy", almost so much that it doesn't take walking a long distance to have yourself and your shirt soaked in sweat. The temperature sometimes reaches about 35 to 40 degrees an hour before noon and the dryness in the atmosphere can all culminate into a very distressed day. The once very cool environment early in the morning turns to blazing rooms in noon and coupled with inconsistent supply of electricity, the whole surroundings makes you cast doubts on survival...albeit unnecessary and paranoia. On other occasions it rains cats and dogs and in a very unpredictable manner that the safest bet is to always carry an umbrella (or a rain coat). A bright warm morning can be very deceptive as one doesn't really know when a heavy downpour will suddenly be the weather of the city and your wet clothes will have a story to tell. This is also coupled with cold that comes from unrelenting breeze flooding through any open windows or doors, sometimes through cracks and holes around (at least that is how it seems). But today, like some days like it (even though they are a tad such times) the light evening showers succeeded in leaving everywhere cool and pleasant enough that life regained meaning(too deep?). The clouds formed shapes that though could not be interpreted, were beautiful. The light intensity was balanced and evening came upon us soon making me nostalgic of days prior to the advent of global warming. The trees were dark in their stands (towering high enough to scare infants) and their sways was a testimony that life is not always torrential. The air smelled fresh and it was easy to just sit on the balcony and take it all in without being conscious of time passing by. Some say these changes are because of global warming, and others believe that global warming is a topic for a conspiracy theory. Others believe the weather is normal and whenever it shifts or looks abnormal, it needs some time before it returns to stability. I am not really the kind for arguments, so trying to settle the cause for shifting weather conditions is more of a spectator sport from this stand point. The important hing is that sometimes its cold, sometimes its hot and other times, its just plainly peaceful. There is always no cause for alarm.