Blessed Rain
We awoke on Saturday morning to a long, slow rain…the first rain of Autumn, coming in like a promise, a promise that unlike last winter, this will not be a drought year…a promise that there will be enough water for everyone, for long showers and healthy lawns…a promise of a change in weather, of crisp cool mornings, yet still warm afternoons. A promise of apple cider and pumpkin pie in our future.
Today the sun is out, and they’re saying by Wednesday, it will be back in the mid to high 80s again. But I don’t care. I know, Autumn is here, and though it comes slowly and gradually in this part of the country, it is still here.
The rain didn’t last. But the promise it left behind remains.
10 Comments
ML
Slow rain is nice. It’s the torrential rains we get that I don’t like. Last night it was raining so hard, we thought the basement would flood…again. Scary.
CuriosityKiller
Gosh — isn’t that the best way to wake up?
Starshine
You and Cherry and I are all on the same page today!
Believe it or not, we got heavy rain here in LA this weekend. It was wonderful and much-needed!
lalunas
Today the air is so clean and nice. Oh J Traders has little sweet pumkins that you can make pumpkin pie out of. They are really good..
Joan
It’s been so long since we’ve had a good rain. We are in the middle of a terrible drought.
Beenzzz
Rain is so cleansing. It rained over the weekend and it was nice. Now the sun is out, but it’s so very fall-like.
Py Korry
That post was almost poetic! The rain does have a calming effect — except when the rain doesn’t want to stop. Then you wonder if you should build an ark, buy a boat, or climb to the top of a mountain. 🙂
Maya's Granny
Ah, rain is a nice thing. We’ve been having it 11 days out of 12.
hellomelissa
i am jealous… we have had record heat and drought this summer. waiting for rain!
Gina
We got rain on Friday/Saturday and for a while I was hyperventilating over the fact that it might rain on Mr. P’s birthday party, but it was beautiful.