Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Lulled by the Rain


Let the rain kiss you. Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops. Let the rain sing you a lullaby.
Langston Hughes


Rain has returned to Central Texas. After months of drought and knowing a lit match tossed carelessly to the ground might cause the entire region to succumb to flames, the haunting ruse of a landscape lost has expired.

Even though the flow of the hose or use of the sprinkler once a week kept my plants clinging to life, nothing compares to the fall of a few day's rain to bring them back to life.

Everywhere the flowers bloom. Lantana, Mexican heather, plumbago, zinnias, and more. My warm weather plants are putting out that last effort before winter's rise. Adds such beauty into the world compared to the dried up death of our rainless, hot summer.


As many of you enjoy the colors of fall, we wait. The green of summer reactivated before the bulk of our deciduous trees change in December. I don't mind the wait. My tomatoes, planted a couple of weeks ago, gained great height in the rainy, cooler weather. Tomorrow I hope for a blossom.

And a better post.

Even the cat had nothing to offer today. No lizards. No roll in the dust. Nothing.

My poor impatiens finally get to bloom and not just survive.
Mushrooms growing on one of my trees.
Go buy some pansies, Julie. Leave me alone.

26 comments:

  1. Loved your pics. Cat looks so content. We have had a lot of rain and today got almost l inch. My garden doesn't look so bad. I have a bit of the last "roses" of summer tho they are mostly geraniums and snapdragons and daisies. But my glads are blooming and rather were before the days of rain. It is supposed to stop tomorrow and maybe they will open then. I keep cutting just enough to have a last bouquet of mixed flowers on my kitchen table. Fall has been a mite cold here in Wisconsin this year. Well, that's my weather report.

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  2. It must feel so refreshing.. like a good drink after a long, dry walk. Everything looks so green and rich.

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  3. Love the first fall rains we have here. Love the small, love the garden lifting!

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  4. Hi Julie

    I know how you must be feeling...my sky has darkened over, it sounds a little blustery...maybe that forecast shower will come this afternoon...

    your garden is looking fresh and green again already...
    It always amazes me how the landscape can refresh itself almost overnight...must be the nutrients in the rain...

    I love the Langston Hughs...

    Happy days

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  5. The pictures are nice. The cat adorable.

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  6. Nothing beats rain after a drought does it? That kitty does seem to say "leave me be" ! HA! :)

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  7. ♪"singing in the rain"♫ ♪"just singing in the rain,what a glorious feeling♫I'm happy again".♪ ♫.....oh! Sorry about that,I got carried away.

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  8. I love Langston Hughes' poetry, and I love your photos. Also, just thought I'd let you know the comments are back on at my blog. It ended up being too confusing for everyone. Have yourself a wonderful day! I'm soaking up the sunshine we're experiencing here in Portland like balm to my soul...I know our dreary gray skies are ahead of us that sock us in for months.

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  9. Rain is something we in England don't ususally go without, but this autumn it has ben very dry here. Until this week. Now it's pouring down but it's also cold so I don't hold out much hope for my vegetables out there. It's lovely to see how your garden grows out there, great pictures.
    Helena
    PS. Thank you for your comment on my blog - the friend issue has been haunting me and it was very therapeutic to air it on the blog. Weird, eh?

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  10. Your flowers are beautiful. Rain gives life to nature..

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  11. Your flowers are beautiful. Thank goodness rain has arrived. Living in Nevada - the driest state at just 7 inches of rain annually - rain is always appreciated.

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  12. It's so green your grass - and your flowers are beautiful.

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  13. I thought this was a fine post. Am partial to that poem by Langston Huges, such a dreamy quality. And your photos are wonderful--I get that look from at least one of the cats daily!

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  14. Your cat looks to be the same breed as my daughter's cat, Princesse. Is s/he temperamental? Princesse is, and the vet says it goes with the breed.

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  15. Nice post! Your cat is so cute and sweet and looks exactly like my daughter's cat. (my grandkitty) So glad you got the much needed rain. Your flowers and yard look so lovely and healthy!

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  16. Do stand outside and turn your face upwards, when it happens again. Lovely.

    Your post takes me back to the arid part of Montana where I grew up. With desert flora all around, I was forced to hide my bottles of booze under yucca plants as a teenager.

    I am done now.

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  17. Lovely post. :) I miss the rain and beautiful gardens and grass. Seeing everything come back to life and blossom after the rain is so fulfilling. :)

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  18. Beautiful flowers! We got some rain here too....my mums were very happy. You have a cute cat, too!

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  19. This is a beautiful post...your words, your crystal clear photography, and Langston Hughes! Simply gorgeous...thanks for sprinkling some of your cool, fresh weather around ...your aesthetic has brought refreshment for my soul!!! ~Janine XO

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  20. Good that rain has come! And I could easily wait til December, but I live in New England, and fall has definitely arrived.

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  21. Oh, your cat is the cutest! I want to snatch her up and give her a big hug!

    All of our flowers are dying. It's the frost. We leveled the garden last week. Sigh...

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  22. Isn't it amazing how cats just tolerate us. I love the color of your impatiens. Glad you are finally getting to enjoy some colors.

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  23. Aloha,

    Oh that looks so refreshing right now. We are really having a heat wave and high humidity here in Hawaii. No trade winds it's just hot!

    Thanks for a cooling moment that is much needed right now.

    I do enjoy visiting blogs and taking in the seasons especially fall. But you know the trade winds will be back and it will be paradise again.

    Really beautiful flowers.

    Mahalo, A Beach Girl

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  24. Love the pictures and the look at your life. There is nothing like rain after a long dry spell to bring new energy to life.

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  25. We are on the verge of snow tonight. Right now. Verge. White stuff. And you've just planted tomatoes? That's just wrong.
    xo
    erin

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  26. We've gotten a bit of rain in Houston lately too! Thank goodness! Now you can walk into the backyard without kicking up a dust storm!

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