every cloud has a silver lining....

Well, I think we can make this official: it seems the rainy season has arrived :( That's the bad news. Can I tell you how many many times over the past few summers I have been ready to head outside with Julianna to blow off some energy only to realize that it's raining - again! This is Lydia's first rainy season, but my third as a momma. And, the rain can be a bit of a downer sometimes.

But, every cloud has a silver lining (don't you think that's the perfect little idiom for this situation??) And, the lining is this: the rain doesn't last all day long, and when it's over, this is what we see:


Matt took this photo out the window of our apartment a few nights ago. The setting sun, wispy white clouds and gorgeous blue skies.

More silver lining: the rain means we have lots of great fruits and veggies grown locally. Peaches just hit the markets this past week and they are so juicy!

So, it's not all bad news. This afternoon Julianna, Matt and I did get out for a little while. But she didn't get to bring her little ride-on car (too dirty and mud-puddle-y ... that car has to come back inside our apartment when she is done playing with it, so I vetoed the car for this trip). She said that "maybe tomorrow it won't rain and we can bring the car outside and ride on it in the sunshine". Maybe. But I don't have my hopes up.