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All participants are sharing stories about moments in their lives, writing
every day for the month of March 2021.
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It's a drizzly rainy spring day, all day long, soft rain is falling, nothing I can do about it. Just sit back and savor. What is it about certain kinds of rain that seem to heighten both color and sound? Seriously. I can hear the rain so clearly. The cardinals, robins, mourning doves - all are brighter. They are chirping louder, too. Truly, they are also busier, bustling about - bathing themselves in puddles, diving at readily-available worms, hopping about in the trees.
This is a day that begs to be noticed. It catches my attention in that way that adult whispers made me look up and listen when I was a child - what's going on?
Things are changing, that's what.
Things to do in the rain -
- walk through mud
- raise my face to the clouds, laugh at the way it feels
- jump over a puddle
- head to the creek and watch the water swirl
- look for water birds, like the great blue heron
- chat with the guys who are out fishing
The puddles are bursting with reflections - check out this one from my walk earlier (who was I with?).
Things to do when I get home -
- change into dry clothes and slippers
- heat up the tea kettle
- make a batch of blueberry muffins
- sit near a window
- read a book
"Don't threaten me with love baby. Let's go walking in the rain."
- Billie Holiday
Frog knows what to do in the rain. Her cost and galoshes are pretty dang cute. I love your lists of what to do in snd out of the rain. These spring rains cleanse the earth. Perhaps the rain will wash away the pandemic.
ReplyDeleteYes, it felt like a cleansing rain, as if we were saying goodbye to something...I hope it is the pandemic!
DeleteI remember a friend of mine interviewing babysitters and asking them about what you do on a rainy day. I love how you embrace it, doing fun things and remembering happy memories.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Melanie! A little rain doesn't stop the fun, there is still so much to do!
DeleteLove this! Your post has such movement! It makes me want to get outside on a rainy day, which typically I like to just stay in on. I like the various perspectives you included, the birds, the child in the picture, the list of what can be done. And your connection to Scotland! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I am most likely to go out in the rain when I have a preschooler along with me!
DeleteLove this! So much joy in a rainy day if we can find it. I will admit that I was whiny about the rain this morning, all I wanted to do was curl up with some tea. But I got out, went to work, walked the dogs and all the things and it was still a lovely day. Looks like you had a great one on your end!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I suspect dogs are a lot like preschoolers, able to work their charms with you and help you find the fun in the rain.
DeleteThe world changes in the rain and you have captured that momentum. Love the reflection in the puddle
ReplyDeleteIt was a sweet photo, yes? Thank you!
DeleteI love sitting in my garage watching the rain. I love the sounds and how it moves on the ground, from the trees, and on the grass. I loved your picture and the lists.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Heather! There is so much peace with a good rain!
DeleteRain. It's beautiful and wondrous. Outside I'd also catch drops on my tongue. Or watch whether or not the drops bubble when they hit a puddle. And inside I'll put on fuzzy socks and listen for the sound on the roof, on the windows. Thank you for these beautiful images that you've captured and held to the light, just like those rain drops.
ReplyDeleteYes! Fuzzy Socks! I love to listen to rain, too. Love this, Lainie! Thank you.
DeleteOH, how lovely! A day for Frog and Grandma to walk in the rain. I haven't been to Edinburgh, but you have described it beautifully! The things you do when you come back make me so happy!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Denise! We had such a great time in Edinburgh, it is a very good memory to have on rainy days.
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