After the Rain

It rained in record inches for many days straight - after we had an earthquake and hurricane/tropical storm.  In short, it has been a weatherman's dream week.

Basements have leaked, roads have been closed, people have been injured or killed and things have been doggone awful.  In fact, it has been very hard on dogs and their humans; mine has been indignant at my insistence that we shorten our long walks during the deluge.  


Then it stopped.   The sky got bluer and bluer and the sun emerged, timidly.  No more beating noise on the roof and windows, or chugging sounds from the sump pumps.    

I couldn't resist shouting loudly to my waterlogged sleeping dog, "Dudley the sun is out," and flinging open the door to the garden and going out to wallow in it.  Outside, here is what we saw:

OH HAPPY DAY!