I came back from East Tennessee and did one of my favorite things -- I took a walk around the yard checking out the flowers. The daffodils have faded but the iris are blooming, four different colors. Everything has shot up in the last week in large part due to the April showers.
This morning there was a downpour as I left for my writer's class. The driveway and the neighbor's yard were large ponds. When I got home, the rain had slacked off. A fat robin was taking a bath in a pool of rainwater standing on the sidewalk. I tried to take a picture of him (or her) but he was too quick for me. The earth is totally saturated from the rain with more to come overnight.
I love rain and rainy days. It cleans the air and caused everything to burst forth with life. The leaves and grass turns super green and lush. The trees can drink all they need. The flowers soak in the rain to feed their blooms. With my birthday only 18 days away, my peony bush needs the rain to produce its gorgeous pink flowers for my birthday. There is a reason for the saying, "April showers bring May flowers."
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