From across the street will the sound of a basketball bouncing be heard this weekend? It was. The even bouncing was heard last night after 8 pm. Several years ago, the bouncing would be a few slow bounces, then the ball would be lost, a re-beginning, then some uneven bounces, a final silence. With perserverence, a more even rhythm has been attained and sustained.
Listening to sounds. Right now very distant barking from higher in the hills, the starting of a truck engine, a jet plane passing overhead. Another jet---flight patterns have changed somewhat. This morning a rainstorm is moving in. A typical sunny Sunday morning the sounds from above would be emanating from the engines of small planes.
During the workweek, the sounds of vehicle engines starting and moving near and far dominates to the point that I tend not to isolate individual sounds. This is LA County...a to-ing and fro-ing occurs...residents drive out of town and are replaced by a range of day contractors. The nearby workweek sounds tend to be of leafblowers, lawnmowers and other mechanical tools punctuating the surrounding environment.
Being a pedestrian, I am more conscious of how the air is kicked up by the blowers. I do my best to avoid streets driven by dust-creating activities. Some of the contractors do try to be courteous with their activities, acknowledging the passage of pedestrians. Overall, with the growing population of dogs, just think about what kind of decaying matter must be dispersed by the leaf blowers into the immediate atmosphere. At least, outdoor cats bury their feces. With the passage of time, I tend to concentrate my walking during the evening hours when the air is not as disturbed by the activity of dogs and gas-driven devices.
At the moment, the rain is falling steadily, enough to pass loudly through the copper guttering. Even the sounds of jet planes can blast through the falling rain..this is a real rainstorm.
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