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Raindrops

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If I waited for the rain to stop before going for a walk, I would never make it outside! So suiting up in rain gear has very frequently been the thing to do.

Here at the valley floor it’s still relatively warm with 10-ish degrees (50F) so we have a comfortable temperature despite the rain.

Everything was dripping and I’ve noticed that mosses and lichens are beginning to grow everywhere. We have been getting an extraordinary amount of rain!

Our dear duckie population has no problem with this at all, though! For them this is a sort of watery paradise.

Do you see how the rain has beaded up on the drake’s back?

The view across the lake was very, very overcast but also windless which was a nice thing. The above picture shows a small crabapple in the foreground. I was surprised to see several of them; usually the birds have eaten them by now. They look a bit like tree ornaments.

Although there’s the distinct possibility that I might grow webbed hands and feet, I’m still happy that we’re not getting snow. Definitely no shovelling!

Happy Thursday.

47 thoughts on “Raindrops”

    1. Thank you very much, Tricia. 😊 Yes, agreed! We haven’t been as quite as warm as you but relatively so and of course lots and lots of rain. Washington and the lower mainland of B.C. are flooding. Ugh. Definitely crazy weather!

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  6. Good photos exist in all kinds of weather Lynette. I love your raindrop photos. Just back in from shoveling. No +10 here. -18 with a windchill of -30. But, at least its sunny. Yay. Allan

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    1. Thank you very much, Allan. We’re getting some of the atmospheric river here that’s causing the flooding in the lower mainland but we’re not in any danger, thankfully. When I lived in Medicine Hat I remember people saying that it might be cold but “at least it’s sunny,” and that’s very true. We are getting a bit of a break today with some blue sky here and there, though. Cheers.

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    1. Thank you very much, John. 😊 Yes, the lower mainland of British Columbia has flooding going on too. There’s a river that winds through the border in several places and it’s apparently flooding and causing lots of problems on both sides. That atmospheric river has reached us here in the interior as well and is giving us lots of rain but nothing like what’s happening to the west of us though.

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  9. I love how you’ve turned what most people call “bad weather” into a gentle invitation to slow down and really notice things.
    Wishing you many more rain-kissed Thursdays and duck-approved adventures.💛🙂🙏🏻

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        1. We’re in the interior (3 hours’ driving east of Vancouver) so no danger of flooding in our region but we definitely have been getting a lot of the overflow from that atmospheric river! Thanks for asking.

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          2. It sure is. Apparently not as bad as the one from four years ago but there are still so many people and animals terribly affected. I read about one farm where they were racing against time to harvest all the Brussels sprouts before they were lost.

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  13. When I moved to North Vancouver I did try to wait the rain out. I was from the prairies, thunderstorms roll in and out. The rain in Vancouver stays for days…it was not the place for me. I am happy with snow and cold. Now the wind…less happy with but you can not always get everything you like!

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    1. Yes, North Vancouver is terrible for winter rain and worse than Vancouver and other parts of the region – M is a native Vancouverite and tells of how he once moved a friend of his from North Van to False Creek where the winter weather is better because he was having such a hard time with it. Having lived in Alberta I completely understand how that winter sun does wonders and gets into your heart. 💛 I agree about the wind but you’re right, you can’t always get want you want!

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