The wind blew in a rain storm last night; slamming huge drops of water into the west side of the house. The dog and cat made a mad running dash to the house before me, but had to wait as only I (or Terry) can open the door for them.
This morning we woke to thick clouds overhead. A curtain of mist rising off the fields, and the flash-frying heat of the last few days…GONE!!!
The air is cool and wonderful, bringing relief to the plants, the animals and us! The thick scents of the wet ground and the bathed plants insinuate themselves through the open screened windows and the screened doors.
We are all rejoicing! Cool moisture, after searing heat, is such a blessing! It makes one want to dance. Although, dancing in Colorado rain is a very chilling experience.
From my world to your heart!
Linda
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Yea ~ Rain! The windy front has arrived here, too, and the rain is sapose to start later today. A good thing. Enjoy the rain and your sweet corn while you can!
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I think it’s to stay until Monday then fly away to other parts of the world!
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Blessing on the coolness. Great photos!
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A wonderful break from the summer sun.
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Very similar morning here. Most welcome!
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They are most welcome! Bring energy back to sluggish souls!
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One day, I hope you’ll dance in warm tropical rain, which blesses without the chill!
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NOW THAT would be heaven!
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Hahah I have a mental picture of you and himself and Boomer dancing in the rain, now! Cats watching from the shelter of the porch, as wise cats do 🙂
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Cats are so wise! Now Boomer and I went aren’t so much!
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I wish we’d get some cool rain!
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It’s been like heaven!
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What a blessing. I can feel your relief.
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So glad you were able to cool off! Sounds wonderful. ^_^
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hooray!
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Summer rain is always a blessing. Enjoy the relief while you can.
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Can you send it over here? I am not looking forward to fall but a storm would be welcome.
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We are starting to drown…Terry is out making ditches to drain the water off the roads
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Beautiful photographs before and after the rain. I especially like the one with the cat in it. I have vivid memories of the intense smell as the rain hit the dry earth, as a child growing up in South Africa.
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It’s like that here…a sweet refreshing smell!
Thanks, Peta!
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Yay to the rain and some coolness. The thick scents of the wet ground .. What a wonderful smell
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I so agree! We are extremly wet! A real luxury!
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So glad you are getting a respite from the heat!! Very refreshing for all of you. Very pretty sunrise pictures!
We are so very hot and dry here. Cotton is loving the heat as long as it is getting the moisture, too. It is really blooming!
Blessings!
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GOOD!!! It’s always wonderful to see our crops do well!
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wee-urd … we’re, what?, 35-some miles north (NNW) but pretty little rain this last few daze. sprinkled a bit, rained a very little — same storm you wrote about, I think. but, yeah, it’s cool enough to turn off the swamp cooler these passed two daze, and also savin’ $$$ not runnin’ irrigation either. But the clouds sure pile up over the Mesa!
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We have lakes in our yard…the canal is over-flowing and it’s raining again! 🙂
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as alice would say: curious and curiouser! our upper ditch is runnin’ low, but the lower ditch is > half-full …
(weather(person)man predicted ALL WEEK that yesterday would be rainy here, and today would be THUNDERSTORM DAY. maybe it’s on the way to my house from yours …
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Maybe…a big storm went across the plateau and hit the desert, I watched it…lightening and all, just about an hour ago.
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