Day 212

April 26, 2011

Rain, rain and more rain. Little bits of sun and blue sky that peek out. And then more rain. It sounds nice tapping on the roof, I'll give it that. It makes things smell lovely. And there are no complaints from the plants.  

 















We had a chance to do some exploring this afternoon during a "dry" spell. We found some lovely puddles to stomp in and some even better mud. We blew dandelion seeds, found some grasses that reminded Jacob of "cattails". I always love it when he comes out with something that I wasn't aware he knew - like cattails. 

We followed a little path through the blackberries and came upon some real cattails and some red wing blackbirds, their sharp, trilling calls directed at us making me think it's nesting time. The sun even peeked out at us for a bit, bringing some unexpected warmth with it. 

On the way back we came upon a storm drain that had foam of some sort in it. I'm not sure why this one had it while the others around don't. We could hear the water trickling away underneath it, though, and had the most wonderful time dropping things into it, watching our dandelion stems and grasses fall through the foam (most times) or land on top (occasionally).