First Rain

The first rain of the season was today. We got nearly an inch—0.88” over the day, plus a little bit last night. I didn’t dig out the slot in the ground where we place the rain gauge until this morning, so I don’t know the total from last night.

Rain of course means getting wet in ways you don’t quite want. I dressed lightly for the way into work, just my yellow windbreaker and jeans—only to find out that it was drizzling quite handily once I started cycling in. I also have to find some dry nook to store my outdoors clogs. Ploosh!—stepping with my socks on into the cold, wet linings of these when I went out this evening to the garden to fetch vegetables for the pasta sauce wasn’t that much fun.

But it was wonderful to see the drips and drops forming up on the concrete overhang outside my window at work. Yes! A window. From which I can watch the rain.