However, a torrential earth-eroding gush, window-rattling thunder, electrical busts in the air, train-like wind sounds, the thud of hailstones, and the crash of a tree falling through my roof tend to dampen my mood. (ALL of which happened in 2016, and everything but the last has occurred recently at the Irish Chihuahua Refuge. Been a dark and stormy year and hurricane season is JUST beginning! )