Excited this morning to see rain clouds but they show no sign of dropping their water. The earth and people and animals are all parched and waiting but there is no rain. We are grateful for the hope that a few black clouds bring.
I love clouds for they give me hope that there might be rain. And when the wind is still and the earth seems waiting, that is the best time of all- and if there is rain, then all our waiting is not in vain. It is more than mid way through April and the black clouds that fleet through our skies are answers to our prayers for rain and a delayed summer.
Susie Shy 45 
I hope rain comes for you soon. Wish you had some of the overabundance of rain we have had here in Arkansas for months. Lovely photos of flowers and skies.
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I can’t tell you how much the sight of clouds excites us in these parts. We could very well do the rain dance.
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Yes, a rain dance might help. Ha
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Beautiful foliage despite the lack of rain. I’ll send some of our Maine April showers your way!
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Thanks Molly- even prayers will do.
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At least the clouds provide shade cover. The plants are very nice but I don’t know what that one is either. Rain in due time…..we are over due some drying out.
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I hope those dark clouds did bring rain! Yes, oleanders are poisonous. But they are so pretty!
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They are- no rain yet. Any good news from your side ?
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Lots! I’ll let u know soon!
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Ok, thanks
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I love watching clouds. I do time lapses of them often. I love seeing them grow and fade, tumble and mix in the resultant video.
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Ron, I should do those too but we get such fleeting clouds that it is just wonderful to stare at them and hope they are not blown away.
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You would love our clouds and rain. We’ve also had the prettiest rainbows I’ve ever seen. They are brighter and closer than ones I saw in New York.
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I wish I could see them. But the pictures you post of your rainbows show how unique they are in the mountains. Thank you.
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Susie, I hope you were able to receive the rain shower and that the clouds produced quite a bit of liquid nourishment for your plants. I also hope you had a lovely Easter.
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No rain at all Kathy but it is a little colder now than a few days back. How was your Easter ? We attended church service.
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Hi Susie, We went to the sunrise service in Northeast, Maryland. We were able to camp at the local state park overnight and get there right on time. I’m glad to hear it is cooler now.
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I read your post. You do have marvellous adventures.
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Thanks Susie, I try to make the most of everyday happenings! There are adventures all around us.
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Your flowers are beautiful Susie! I wish I could send you some of our rain. We could use a little drying out for a bit.
You are so right….clouds do bring hope when going through a dry spell.
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All your flowers look pretty and fresh despite the parched weather you are having. Do they ever impose restrictions on water usage for plants or lawns as was done in California during their long drought?
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These years’ they do and if our water bill goes above a certain amount, we can expect a call from the Water department warning us.
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That is interesting Susie – I never thought to ask you about that before, like the restrictions for California they had in place a few years ago. The rich and famous in California, mostly the movie stars, had water trucked in from other states to fill their pools or hot tubs. And the flooding in Nebraska last month, a fellow blogger lives in Lincoln, Nebraska and said they were on restricted water usage as well. You can use dish water after doing dishes if not greasy – a neighbor of ours did that – her husband did the household “books” and he very grudging would allow her to water the flowers, but suggested she use dishwater or collect water that drained into the laundry tub and reuse it.
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Though that sounds disgusting, it seems very good sense in these days of less potable water.
There were days my grandmother used to collect a big pot of water and use just that to wash her dishes- this was though there was running water in the pipe and all. The old folks were more economical than us. She used to collect rain water and use it for use in the bathrooms and toilets too.
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Our neighbor did this for a long time. They had four kids, one right after the other, she was a stay-at-home mom and he did not make a large amount of money. I say this because she and my mom were close friends and they would discuss at length how times were tough growing up and also early in their marriages. I can’t imagine that is good for the flowers, but, on the other hand, there are several recipes for killing aphids on your plants by using mild dishsoap, so I guess if there was no bleach in it or in the laundry water, it is okay. Some people here collect water in large rain barrels. The water funnels down from the gutters and goes right into the barrel. Then they use it for watering plants. You don’t have enough rain there to make it worth your while to buy a rain barrel, but it is a good idea nonetheless, but you have to put an apparatus inside to keep the mosquitoes at bay since they like stagnant water.
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It has rained quite a bit here in the lower South USA, at least in April.
Your flowers are beautiful.
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Thanks Debbie, its been so long since I heard from you- have you been well ?
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Susie, I’ve been well. Thank you for asking. Just overly busy with grandkids & life in general.
On our way to church now, but how are you & your family? (Especially your girls?)
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