rainy day

I've had a hard time tearing myself away from the windows and doors today. You see, it was raining. Really raining. A rainy day, not just a scattered 10 minute shower on an occasional day. Not a heavy rain, not a thunderstorm, some low rumbling of thunder but no lightning. Just a steady rain.

It's magic. It's mesmerizing. It's been so long since I have seen a rain like this.

I was out earlier, before it started, trying to determine how much rain we'd got during the night. I remember waking up and hearing thunder.

I took my camera with me in case I saw anything noteworthy.

My miniature pomegranate tree (shrub?) that my sister grew from seed has put on quite a few fruit. This was not the largest or even the reddest but it was the easiest for me to photograph.

The field sunflowers were late to come on this year. In fact, I didn't think we were going to get any at all. And then they surprised me.

I wandered over to check on the spinach and beans I planted earlier in the week and this first bean sprout was up. Some spinach too.

Then it started raining and I did eventually get the mold filled I was working on. 


We've had the doors open all day. The moist air has felt so good and the sound of the rain all day was so soothing.

It's stopped now and I glanced up a moment ago and looked out and the sky was all pinky purple in the southeast. This is the first great sunset we've had in months. The unrelenting blue sky would only fade into night.

good day, good night