rain!

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You'll recall me saying we were very short on rain, all August. September seems to have brought back the rain. We got some last weekend, and today we are getting exactly the slow soaking rain we needed so badly.

Patio parsley, as precipitation pelts. Nearly every pic in this post has been through the watercolor filter.

Parsley is a biennial -- leaves the first year, seeds the second. Someone at the farmers' market sold us a second year plant last year, which went right to seed and made us nothing usable in the way of leafage. No seeds sprouted in the planter which held the original plant, but this year we have several plants growing between the patio bricks.





Ficus, enjoying the rain.





You remember my volunteer jewelweed from last year. It has many children this year.





Jewelweed flower. The flowers not large, and are rather sparse, as you can tell from the pic above, but they are attractive and exotic.





New asphalt, wet, makes a nicely reflective surface.





We had a bunch of errands to run.

We went to the farmers' market, but didn't tarry, or carry the camera, because it was pouring right down. I nabbed some tomatoes, peaches, raspberries, and garlic, and then we headed to the library.

First we pulled into the staff lot in the back, so we could donate some books. The Friends of the Library sell donated books (and books withdrawn from the library's collection).





Then we parked on the street and went in and shopped the sale. At least we brought home fewer than we donated........ We also dropped off some magazines for the freebie rack, so the library was definitely a net loss for us on the "stuff in the house" front. A Good Thing.

On our way home now. Looking west on William.





Same location, looking north out the side window. Downtown's newest parking lot, with bus depot and then the federal building (with post office) behind.





I think it is very cool to see the top of the federal building upside down in the drips. (As always, click on an image to see a bigger version.)





Leetle parking lot at the corner of Main and William.





Home now, wandering around with an umbrella. New driveway.





Random leaves in front yard.





Sidewalk puddle, tulip tree reflection.





Tulip tree leaf on driveway. Tulip tree leaves have an excellent shape.





You can see where people got the idea to make magnifying lenses.............





Me and the camera, under the umbrella, reflected in the driveway.



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