After complaining about the gray weather and no rain predicted it did start to drizzle and rain lightly in the evening. Then later that night I heard that dripping noise outside again. I opened the patio door to check and turned on the patio light.
It was raining. Not heavily. But raining a slow gentle quiet wonderful dripping rain. The drops making a slow soft splashing noise in the pool and on the patio. What a wonderful sound.
There is that nice wet smell of the earth. And the smell from the smoke of a neighbors chimney.
We need a lot more rain in California.
and my friend |LindaGHillSoCS|
That first photo is fabulous.
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Thanks. If you are talking about my header of the sagebrush it was from Creative Commons. I really like it too.
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I love all your posts. The one about rain really connected with me. When I first moved to California from Memphis via Wisconsin, I thought every time there was a gray sky it was going to rain. It was kinda crazy that it hardly ever rained. What a teaser! I was told it was just June Gloom or Gray May. I do miss the rain with so many of the senses responding in a glorious way. Lets have more rain and more of your blogs.
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Thanks Cynthia. I appreciate you reading my posts. It’s strange how we become attached to the weather. Part of my family relocated from the UK to Texas and they miss the weather here.
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Hi Cynthia. I think there might have been a mix up. I think you were talking about my post about the gray sky and this one about the rain. Thank you for the sweet compliment. Appreciate. It was such a nice surprise to see your comment here. 🙂
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Here its been dull, cloudy and rainy for the past week. Saw the Sun today after almost 3/4 days. Can we exchange ? 😉
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Yes. Send that water this way. 🙂
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Very nice.Could almost feel the rain.
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Thank You very much.
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Surprise rains are always welcome 🙂 Good one!
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Yes. I like to hear it a night when I am cozy inside. Thank You.
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Oh, I can smell the dirt from your description, Deborah. I love that rich aroma. I hope you get that earth-feeding rain, my friend.
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Thanks Mark. I love that fresh earthy smell when it rains. Thanks for your good wishes as well.
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You see, I did send you some!!!
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Thank You Anna. You are woman of your word in more ways than one. 🙂
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LOL! 🙂
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I loved your description of the rain — no commas, just the adjectives. It was like a poem. I know you are glad to get rain. 🙂
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Thank you Sandi, appreciate it! Yes even the light rain is appreciated. 🙂
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This kind of made me appreciate all the rain we get here. Lovely description, Deborah. 🙂
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Thank You Linda for the kind words, appreciate it very much! I have a feeling we will get a deluge all at once and then I will be saying, “where’s the sunshine?”
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Haha! That’s always the way, isn’t it?
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The way you wrote this was lovely; between that and the image, I could actually imagine what it all looked, felt and smelled like. I love rainy days, so thanks for sharing this. 🙂
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Thank you for the kind words. I love rainy days too, when I am indoors and cozy. 🙂
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We’ve had so much drought in the south that I’ve learned rain is a good thing. I liked this.
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We are in a drought here in California. We need a lot more rain. Thank You, appreciate it. 🙂
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Beautiful description. I can almost smell the rain by reading this.
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Thank You I appreciate it very much. 🙂
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Isn’t it kind of amazing how so many of us respond to the subject of rain. Melbourne gets quite a bit of it in the winter and sometimes a little late spring, and I never tire of hearing its sound and seeing how it refreshes our earth. I wish I could send some of it to my beloved California and elsewhere where needed!
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I wish you could send the rain too. I keep saying now that I keep talking about it we will probably get the 40 year flood.
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