In my dry, desert hometown of El Paso, Texas, rain is a rarity, floods are even rarer... so we never expected this. 
Big, fat raindrops have been falling like watery missiles and decorating evergreen needles like tiny diamonds. Yesterday our regular old residential street turned into a raging river avenue, with curbs and sidewalks disappearing under the churning rainwaters. I sit, watching the stormy skies through my bedroom window, and wonder when we will ever be dry again...
here are some pictures that i have taken in the past that i really have liked such as two of my kittens sleeping DESCRIPTION_HERE to my other cat playing in my rose garden DESCRIPTION_HERE along with a withered rose covered in an early snow DESCRIPTION_HERE and my favorite picture of a rain streaked window of outside DESCRIPTION_HERE
I found this poem right after I took these photos. We had just had a short but intense thunder storm. Enjoy and let me know what you think. Rain (II)
It thundered as if it would rain;
Appeared sultry as if to feign;
The Sky was clear but blue-black now;
It looked as if the rain would come!
The clouds were dense and moved slowly;
Lightning patterned the Sky fiercely;
The Wind was almost absent now;
It looked as if the rain would come!
The Birds were quiet and nested;
Awaiting the downpour, they rested;
The Monsoon was active for now;
It looked as if the rain would come!
A few droplets of rain did fall;
Atop the heads of people on stroll;
Afraid, each hurried to his home;
It looked as if the Rain would come!
The Rain did come! The Rain did come!
For once rightly, the Rain did come!
Dr John Celes
Drove from to Santa Rosa today to pick up my son. Took some shots along the way, including from inside the car during stop and go traffic (mostly stop). The clouds were so billowy they seemed fake, and then the storm provided some great photo opportunities. Love the Napa Valley views...even McD's looked good tonight.
Sign in the storm
Grapevines
Amazing clouds and streetlight
Mist off the tires
Napa Roadside
Sunset over McDonalds
Purple Flower
Clouds above houses
This one was taken near the foothills last week when the snow dropped to 1000 feet (it's been a doozy in CA this Winter).
Electrical Tower and snow on mountain
Here are some standard Europe pics...Florence 1 Florence 2 Venice Gondala Latin Quarter in Paris
and experiment..driving home from work on a rainy day.
Rain on Windshield
I love my job, but sometimes I have time to get bored and start taking pictures of silly things. Like scenery in my hood mirror, or waiting to get through security.
Has anyone noticed the reflections in raindrops are upside down?
What a crummy day yesterday was. (Oddly enough it seems as though it has been longer ago than that.) I was fired only a half hour into the day. The reasons were obviously made up. Although we have since figured out the financial motivation behind such sadly. Still it's not a very nice Christmas present, and I am at a bit of a loss as I find myself faced with a job search at such a crucial time. It was a good thing, though, that I was home, the Houston skies opened up yesterday and our backyard began to flood, which in turn can cause our house to flood. I spent hours replacing towels along the back walls of the house trying to contain the water. (Though exhausting at the time, we are ok now.) But despite it all, my spirits did not hit rock bottom. I received a very wonderful deliveryfrom my husband during the downpour that lifted my spirits. If only for a little while I stopped the panic of the many situations and literally stopped to smell the roses.
I had developed a roll of film with what I thought had pictures for the theme, but the film ended up being double exposed. GRR...So here is what I chose/took:
What the heck were we thinkin? BONUS Question-Who can pick me out?
Is That Legal? Why must people trash our beaches? :(
We have a lot of Dummies.Too Much rain.
Enjoy!
Thanks for a great challenge, Lilbit!
Since some of you have gotten in to shooting sports(MATT!!!), I thought I would share the worst storm I ever had to shoot in. Football friday night!!! It was along time ago, but I still remember it vividly. I had to put my camera in a plastic garbage bag and cut a hole in it for my lens! The quality is not the best as the rain washed out anything that was in the light in places and I had to push my film to asa 6400. Here goes...oops.. lotsa rain gotcha river walk stack yummy..mud sandwich!
Some really beautiful summer days aound here.Rain Showers from the Front Porch Lilies Cornflowers Beach Steps Bird Tracks
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It rained the other night...
Just had to get out and take picture of something, even if it was a bit
Seems to be another unofficial theme...
Just great! The day after the hole was dug. We got 
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