It is raining here!
Joyful drops of cooling moisture!
Our humidity finally swelled enough to allow the sullen clouds and the leaden sky to burst forth with a steady drizzle of rain! (WITHOUT WIND!)
All of God’s Creatures are rejoicing. The little birds are sitting on bare branches taking a shower…fluffing their wings, spreading the cleansing drops of water through their feathers with their beaks and feet all with loud and joyful songs of delight. It seems even little birds love to sing at the top of their lungs in the shower!
Terry and I are also enjoying these life-giving drops of rain— the hay is up and stacked, with the load of hay to haul to the Delta Elevator protected under the carport. (Thanks be to everyone who sent magic thoughts, prayers, and crossed their fingers for dry weather for us!)
Although, irrigation DOES NOT STOP (the rain is not really soaking into the ground just creating a damp top to the soil) we do not mind walking along a slippery ditch banks to change the water. The delight of a heat-decreasing summer shower is a gift!
Today is Tuesday! It is the day I like to post one of the many photo gifts of rainbows from one of my readers.
Vadarae (Va-da-rae) don’t you just love that name! Vadarae sent me a lovely double rainbow she took on her trip to the Black Hills of South Dakota in May. Look at the raindrops on the car window…it so fits the weather we are having today!
Thank-you, Cotton Lady for adding to this special day full of soft, gentle, air-cleansing and refreshing rain!
Your Friend on a Western Colorado Farm,
Linda
P.S. Please remember if you have a wonderful rainbow or even a great photo you would like to share with my readers I will be very glad to post it for you. I post them on Tuesday. And I ALWAYS give you credit for sharing with us!
Life on a Colorado Farm 
So, glad to hear it has rained! Good luck and hopefully it rains and lets things grow without too, much rain!
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hooray for good rain and good timing of it! 🙂
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Glad it is raining now that your hay is up!!! It is raining here, too, today. Nice and gentle, with cool temperatures. Such a relief from the 100 degree days of last week. Cotton may like and need the heat, but I don’t!
Thank you for sharing my rainbow! It was so beautiful when seeing it in person. It cleared up just in time for the lighting of Mount Rushmore that evening. But was it ever COLD with a north wind blowing a gale!
Your header picture of the hummingbirds is really pretty, Linda! Blessings!
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Busted humidity is always a good feeling. I’m glad the rain came at a good time. The rainbow is gorgeous. Around here, the weather turned cooler and crisp. It feels like the first day of school!
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That’s a lovely picture…and it matches the weather we’re having here too! Rain in Burgundy, third day running. The plants are happy…the imprisoned children a little less, but that’s when they get creative!! Lots of painting and imagining going on under our rainy skies…
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It’s just downright wet around here. The sun can come back now. Yup the animals AND the weeds really like it.
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It is just so fascinating Linda how different your climate is from ours here in the UK.
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Happy Rainy Day! 🙂 The without wind is the best part! It’s cool and less humid here too. We still have hay down, (sigh) so ya’ll keep the rain just for a little bit longer.
-Lori
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I’m glad you got a little rain and some break from the heat. Thanks for sharing Vadarae’s rainbow — it’s gorgeous.
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A cooling rain does change the world it visits…love your description
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Hooray for RAIN—even a little… Love your rainbows.. Love the one Vadarae sent you… JUST beautiful.
Hugs,
Betsy
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Rain! Glorious rain! And perfect timing for you! Now we need rain, and a lot of it! Wash the grasshoppers away, the dirt on what’s left of the grass and cleanse the soul! But nope, 103 today, and to be expected for awhile! Ugh.
Cheri
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Wonderful post. Lovely picture. And… UFO’s? 😉
Just kidding, of course.
Have a blessed Wednesday. Hope you have cooler temperatures. 🙂
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Yea rain! Yea NO wind! Yea hay is up and stacked!
Love the rainbow Vadarae sent you 🙂 thanks for sharing!
Ps. It’s raining here, too!
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Keep on farming in the rain. Keep on finding those rainbows. Just don”t get stuck in that mud.
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I’m enjoying your blog so much! It’s nice to read about another farm, with its differences and its similarities to our farming life. We’ve had a wonderful, cooler than normal, summer (so far) and the pastures are green; usually by this time in the summer they are brown and the grass is short.
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Another great rainbow picture shared with you, so you can share with us! Glad you’re getting some timely rain. And I can appreciate the “no wind” part. Love your new header photo.
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Glad for you! California is still dry and with the wild fires the Central CA foothills are suffering. Lovely rainbow!
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