It's Raining, It's Pouring....

I've mentioned we've been getting a much needed rain. I'm loving it but I'm sure those in the hills where we had major fires last year wish it would go away. I hope they're safe from mud slides. I thought I'd share some rainy day shots I took today.

This is how it looked on the freeway at about 4:30.


I made a stop at the bank in a shopping center and when I got in the car I turned and finally saw a rainbow I'd been hoping for. I know I ticked a few people off who were trying to leave but I wasn't missing my shot. Yes, I stopped in the middle of the parking lot to take a couple of shots before I realized I could move to another part of the lot and park to take them. :-D



When I pulled out of the lot and headed north the clouds had cleared enough to show the mountains and the fresh show on them. I'm sure you'll notice how drastically different the sky looks in each direction as the storm moved.


Then out of curiosity I drove up to the lake hoping for a great view of the snowy mountains but I wasn't getting any good shots. What caught my attention instead was the number of sea gulls on and over the lake. You should really click on this photo for a larger view. Every white speck you see in the photo is a sea gull in the air and on the lake.

Watery Wednesday #14

I wanted to show what the difference that a little water falling from the sky will do to a landscape. The first one shows a view of the snowy mountains after our huge rain yesterday. I hear they've received the largest amount of snow in 10 years at Big Bear.


I took the shot below before the rain. I was more interested in the lady feeding the ducks.


The shot below was taken this morning after the rain. Notice how much higher the lake is. If the duck lady had been sitting there feeding the ducks today she'd be all wet. You can't even see the cement base under the table. That was a GREAT rain and we needed it.



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My World Tuesday #9

I've been wanting rain. Well, we finally got it and we got it good. It started raining last night and it's been raining all day today off and on. It also means there's plenty of snow in the mountains. I thought I would head towards the mountains to see how far I could get without chains but the closer I got the foggier it got so I turned around and just went to the market instead.


It was only sprinkling when I went into the market but a downpour when I came out so I got just a little wet because I didn't take my umbrella with me.



When I headed towards the freeway for home the low clouds had lifted and I could see some of the snow from the mountains peeking through so despite my ice cream melting in the car I headed towards the mountains anyway. How could I resist? I had to get at least one shot of what is promising to be on the rest of the mountains and soon as the clouds lift so we can see them.


And this was my last shot as I got off the freeway. They sky looked really ugly but there was this one patch of blue off to the right.



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