Rain !

 Woke up Sunday morning with cloudy skies, cooler temps  - Aaahhhhhhhh! 

I knew if it started to rain I wanted to try to get a couple of photos.

Maybe one would be worthy of submitting to the Photo of the Week

section in our local newspaper 

Before long, it did rain.

It came down a bit hard, creating bubbles in a puddle.

I have no roses, but here are raindrops on cannas

(Edited to add: this is the photo I submitted

and it won, was published in color in the paper!)

We had light sprinkles for a half hour with one short downpour. 

Of course it was immediately soaked up by the parched earth. 

What little was standing on the driveway 

evaporated into the air right away. 

I'd guess 1/4" of rain .

Just a small dent in the 15" (and counting) of rain needed here. 

The creek bed is still dry, we've never seen it without water.

Thanks for looking =)