Morning Rain

I woke up around 6:30 to the sound of thunder. I jumped up to let the dogs out before the rain started and to get a picture of my latest baby hat. We were not back inside for 2 minutes before it started to pour. Jasmine refuses to go out in the rain and neither are fans of thunder. I like morning rain. It starts the day off with a nice fresh slate. Now, it is different when I have kids to get off to school, have to drive in it, or need to do something outdoors. But this morning, none of those things were happening, so I could sit and look out the window and watch the rain.

Thunderstorms

The last 3 nights we have had nighttime thunderstorms. I am ready for these to be over. I love rain...but prefer the thunderstorms to be during the daylight hours. The previous 2 nights Jasmine was all worried; pacing and whining. Cara slept in the den last night because of the thunder and lightening was worrying her and both of the girls were in there for part of the time the night before that. Our backyard is pretty much a marsh, so Skittles come in muddy and oblivious to that fact and Jasmine will hardly take a step off of the back porch to avoid the mud. According to the map on WeatherUnderground, we have gotten between 5 to 8 inches of rain. Welcome to spring in Southeast Louisiana.

Rainy Day

Today was a rainy day. Fortunately, we were able to get some things done before the rain came. I love rainy days. My dream would be to have a deep porch or screened in area where I could go and sit and read or just watch the rain. It was a good, soaking kind of rain today. We needed it badly.