Remember View-Masters? The contraption looked like a pair of binoculars but rather than looking afar, they were used for viewing recorded images. A round paper disk containing a series of small film slides fit into the plastic housing. Depressing a lever on the side of the viewer caused the disk to advance and with each click of the lever a different scene popped into view.
Today's weather during the commute home brought View-Masters to mind.
I left the parking lot with a gray sky hanging above.
Two miles down the road - click - the weather scene advanced to a steady drizzle.
Another two miles - click - my car was being pummeled by a downpour.
Three more miles - click - I was in bright sunshine with blue sky overhead.
Click - I had zero visibility as rain fell in solid sheets.
Click - back to puffy white clouds and hazy sun.
I was so entranced by the rapid weather changes that I was home before I knew it.
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