It’s been raining at my house for almost 24 hours-and I’m so thankful. I know some of you have had more than your fair share of wet weather this summer-but not us. I think I can literally hear the earth sucking in the moisture to replenish the waters of the deep.
As I look out the window, I’m drawn towards the feel of the rain drops on my skin. Makes me want to run through the yard barefoot, splash in every puddle, and sing at the top of my lungs. What does rain make you feel like doing?
Tipper
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We sure did need this rain! This rain made the difference in having blueberries and not having blueberries this year.
Rainy cloudy weather sometimes makes me sad but most of the time it makes me want to get a cup of tea and a book. I love to hear the rain on the roof at night it puts me to sleep like a lullaby.
Great photos of the rain. We had over 20 inches here at our home due to Tropical Storm Fay. Love the rain but not flooding..It’s like being a Christian, Sprinkle and Shine not Poor and Blind.
I hope you did splash barefoot in the puddles!
We live on the Oregon coast where it rains ALOT, but I love it. Makes me want to curl up by the fire with my knitting. We do take long walks in it quite a bit. What else can you do?!
I love to run out in it if it hasn’t rained in a while. We had a very wet early summer, then a long dry spell, and now back to wetter weather. I’m glad you’re getting some very needed ‘wet stuff’!
Mary
We hardly get rain where I live too (high desert – about 8 inches a year)…so I have said that next time it’s raining, if at all possible, I plan to go outside and spin and dance in it looking up into the skies in awe.
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Those are BEAUTIFUL pictures!
I love to run out in it when we haven’t had it for a while! We had a very wet beginning to summer, then a too long break in it, but it’s been back a lot this last week or so. Our plants needed it! I’m hoping it will keep the oaks from turning brown before the rest of the leaves get their fall color.
Mary
Hi Tipper! Love this poem about rain which I think is so appropriate to your post and how I feel about the rain.
It isn’t raining rain to me,
It’s raining daffodils;
In every dimpled drop I see
Wild flowers on the hills.
The clouds of gray engulf the day
And overwhelm the town;
It isn’t raining rain to me,
It’s raining roses down.
It isn’t raining rain to me,
But fields of clover bloom;
Where any buccaneering bee
Can find a bed and room.
A health unto the happy,
A fig for him who frets!
It isn’t raining rain to me,
It’s raining violets.
Robert Loveman
Let the rain fall!
Very nice! We could use some rain, please send some our way! 🙂
Tipper: Funny as it sounds we are also having a rain up here today. I took Jake my dog for a walk around the house in the rain. It is light so he didn’t mind it. I like to fish in the rain and will stay through even a hard rain as long as there is no lightning. The fish sometimes will bite nicely during a rain.
I love to hear Pap sing that “Sweet Sweet Corn” every time I come and Pauls pickin also is really cool. It almost sounds like a song for a rainy day.
I love the rain too. Rain always makes me want to make a big pot of soup and cornbread. Blessings, Kathleen
Read, read, read…with a big mug of coffee and all the blinds open. I’m happy it is raining where you are. I hope it helps out with the drought. We are keeping an eye on Gustav. Hoping for the best and preparing for the worst. We sometimes get 8 inches of rain in a day in the New Orleans area.
Did you get your soap yet? I mailed everyone’s soap last week and am hoping that all arrive safe and sound.
Love the pictures! It’s been pouring here and we’ve had some little tornadoes.
Blessings!
Lacy
Glad you are getting some rain. We are in the monsoon season here this year. We are getting tropical showers every afternoon. I know how wonderful rain looks after long periods without it. I also enjoyed your post on the beginning of the school year. I may reference your post in an upcoming post I am planning. Have a great “wet” week. Pappy
My husband and I now live in an arid area–no rain from Mar to Nov. Blue sky, hot day after hot day. Although we are not “spring chickens” anymore, when that first fall rain comes, we run out in it like giddy children, arms outstretched, heads tipped back, laughing in celebration. Never thought I would tire of blue sky days, but I sure look forward to rainclouds.
I have to smile – I posted rain on my window tonight. Your photo is gorgeous!
Rain makes me want to curl up in a chair and just watch it fall.
Ahhh, sweet rain. Makes me want to take the boy outside and teach him all the mystical, scientific, and magical things about precipitation. And take a really deep breath.
I love to listen to the rain. And, I love to smell the rain. Sometimes I’m in too much of a hurry to stop and smell the rain. I hate that.
And, by the way, thanks for listening to me ramble last night. Things are better today. 🙂
Rain makes me want to curl up in the bed with a good book! blessings, marlene
I love the rain when it sets in like this. I came home early from work so I could curl up with Shelby, listen to an audio book and stitch down some quilt binding. Two hours later, I woke up. Ahhhhh…the rain is good.
We’ve had a hot and dry summer, too, but last week, we got that luscious rain here. For about a week, off and on, it rained and our temperatures never got out of the 70’s (unheard of for us this time of year). It was heavenly!
It’s gotten hot again, but our highs are running in the mid-90’s now, compared to the triple digit temperatures we were having before the rains came. It’s pretty pleasant. I’m loving how green everything is. 🙂
Rain, rain, glorious rain. It has been raining here as well and all I hear are the plants releasing a huge sign of relief. Thank you, Lord!
Yay! We’ve had rain all day too! I’ve been out in it all day looking for a lost baby chick, so I’m soaked through, but it feels wonderful!!
I want to sit in front of your window. That picture is phenomenal! I would do all the things you would do, but I would also turn my face to the sky, spin and let the rain hit me from every angle. I’m one of those people who just has to be out in it, even if it’s just to walk. My friends think I’m crazy, but I don’t care. I love falling rain, leaves and snow. Can’t get enough of any of them. xxoo
Sleeping! I love to sleep when it’s raining hard. Wish I had a tin roof!
Rain makes me want to take a nap.
I love rainy days. Sometimes I want to make a big pot of soup and bake bread and sometimes I just want to sit in one of the porch rocking chairs and smell the fresh clean air. Sunny days are wonderful but rainy days nourish the soul.
I love to sit by the fire and snuggle up with a good book, hot chocolate and a blanket when it rains.
I usually want to curl up with a good book when it’s raining. Like you we’ve barely had any rain this summer. I always love the smell of the rain, when it hasn’t rained forever. It reminds me of home. (Seattle)
I LOVE the rain, always have. I’ve forever wished for an enclosed outside area where you could shower with the falling rain and soak in the beauty of nature.
A warm rain once in a while makes me want to do exactly as you described. I used to love playing and running in the rain when I was a kid (and no longer a kid). Now I live where our annual rainfall is 8 inches. If it rains more than two days in a row, I get cranky.