It feels like winter has finally arrived in Southern California. The air has gotten so much colder and it has started to rain almost every week. The picture above is a typical manhole cover in Downey. But, wet and filled with crushed leaves, it looks downright decorative.
Looking at this picture got me a little curious about manhole covers. According to Wikipedia: The question of why manhole covers are typically round was made famous by Microsoft when they began asking it as a job-interview question. Originally meant as a psychological assessment of how one approaches a question with more than one correct answer, the problem has produced a number of alternative explanations, from the pragmatic (manhole covers are round because manholes are round) to the philosophical. So why do you think they are round?
While I don't like getting caught in a storm, I like the fresh smell to the air that the rain brings. It also changes the things we see everyday, making them take on a deeper, more intense color.“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
it’s about learning how to dance in the rain!” –Vivian Greene
With an umbrella, of course!
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