The sky was threatening rain and thunder when I went out for my walk today. I went anyway and just stayed close-ish to the house, zig-zagging the nearby roads instead of venturing farther, so I could rush home if/when I got drenched.

The rain never came, even though I could literally feel it in the air. The clouds kept appearing and vanishing right over my head.

For some reason I expect weather to arise somewhere else and then arrive here. Even though I know very well that that is not how later-summer thunderclouds work – hot air rising up and all that. But it still felt weird to literally see clouds appear from nowhere.