All the Pretty Horses

Well, the rain is officially past that charming stage and is now becoming an irritating menace... somewhat, at least. The irritating part is all the mud in the horse pens, and the fact that we have no real shelter for them yet. The pens are swamps, the trees offer only minimal shelter, and it's too warm for even turnout sheets. Plus, the dogs end up tracking mud into the house.

Oh, but I truly do enjoy running through the rain after work the half mile to my truck... seriously, it's very refreshing. Running through the downpour tonight reminded me of a date that Jeff and I were on a few years ago (yes, married folks do still date!). We were dressed up real nice, I in a hot little dress and heels, and when we got out of the movies it was pouring down rain. I mean p - o - u - r - i - n - g down. He opened the door, we saw the downpour, took one look at each other, grinned, and ran for it! We ran straight through the "valley" part of the parking lot where the drainage holes are, where the water was knee deep on me!! LOL It was incredibly fun! We were s - o - a - k - e - d!!! And enjoyed every second of it. Tonight wasn't near that drastic, but it was still fun and the memory of that night made it even better.

The sky was dark and gloomy, the air was damp and raw, the streets were wet and sloppy. The smoke hung sluggishly above the chimney-tops as if it lacked the courage to rise, and the rain came slowly and doggedly down, as if it had not even the spirit to pour. -- Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers

I just love this and my previous rain pic ("mist" blog entry) - I found them on yahoo images.... I've only got one of my own original pics of the rain and it doesn't hold a candle to this. This particular pic for today's post originally came from www.aphotojourney.com ... this guy is an awesome photographer.