It hails.  Not what you were thinking, I know. Oh, it pours, too. But more than that. 

I can almost be assured these past few days that if there is rain, then there is hail.

This is a new phenomenon for me. And not one I'm comfortable with.  Just moments ago, a storm rumbled past bringing with it - you guessed it! - hail. 

Little pea-sized icy balls that pinged and tinked on my windows, metal deck and sigh.....car...for about 15 minutes. 

Tink...tink tink...tink tink tink tink tink...

What's the silver lining in this dark cloud? 

That they weren't meatball sized. 

And that they were not accompanied by their twisted uncle, Mr. Tornado, or his dour sister, Ms. Power-Outage.