I Love a Rainy Day….
Posted By Carrie L. Lewis on August 9, 2008
….Seems to me like there was a popular Country/Western song by that name many years ago. I can hear the chorus in my ear this morning, but don’t quite remember the artist. Eddie Rabbitt, maybe? (Have I given away my age, yet?)
I also hear rain in my ear. The alarm this morning was an impressive peal of thunder rolling across the heavens and 7:30. Very motivating!
The light is gorgeous, but then I always have been deeply appreciative of the effects of rain and overcast on light. There is something deeply satisfying about the way distance looks when viewed through a veil of rain.
Colors seem more saturated, too. Have you ever noticed that? The greens are deeper and richer. The reds and yellows are sharper.
Maybe it has to do with the relative gray of the atmosphere, but it’s always a delight to see the way God’s green earth responds to rain both physically and visually.
I am left wondering how close winter is. This year has been the coolest year I’ve experienced since moving to Kansas in 2002 and the recorded average global temperatures bear out that observation. Several “coldest month on record” months have already been noted this year.
Winter flirted with spring for what seemed like months here in Newton. In fact, I have jokingly told several people that it’s almost been like living in Michigan, right down to the rain patterns. Rain in August in Kansas? Yeah, right!
But it’s August 9 and it’s raining. A delightful, gentle, cooling rain. With the exception of five or six hours spanning late afternoon and early evening, it rained all day and into the darkness.
Granted, we did have some 100 degree plus weather at the end of July. Five or six days of it, if I remember correctly. But the first year I was in Kansas, we had five or six weeks of days in the low 100s and nights all the way down to 80 or 90!
So, being the snow lover I am, I can’t help but wonder if summer is over here and if the next thing we see over the next few weeks will be the steady, gradual decline in temperatures that leads to Fall and, finally, to snow!
Only time will tell.
In the meantime, I have enjoyed the look and feel of a rainy day.
You know, now that I think about it, I think the line in the song was, “I love a rainy night”.
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I am a self-taught artist for the most part. Lots of trial and error in the past forty years! Formal art training consists of a couple of years of high school art, a painting class at a community college, one semester in the Fine Arts program at Abilene Christian University and a couple of local workshops.
I am always looking for ways to better my artistic skills, so I am a permanent student in the School of Trial and Error. I love reading and have been known to spend hours online researching materials and techniques. As a result, I've painted in several different styles, including the direct method (which goes straight for the color) and Classical methods (which involves underpaintings, layering and glazing).
I have exhibited paintings in locations such as Lone Star Park Race Track, Grand Prairie, Texas and Remington Park Race Track, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Since the early 90s, I've worked with the Michigan Harness Horseman's Association, donating custom portraits to their annual benefit auction.
In the course of maintaining a growing art business, I have taught myself web design (a skill that will no doubt prove to be a continual learning experience).
I also enjoy puttering around the yard, chasing trains with my husband, Neal, travel and, of course, looking at horses whenever they appear on my horizon.
I had to read to the end of your post to see I don’t need to comment after all, Carrie (about the song name) but it is one of my all-time favourite songs, and I seem to be singing it a lot this summer!