The best thing about rain is that it makes the sun so much more exciting. I always enjoy the sun much more after a time of bad weather. When you have had weeks of a dull white blanket over your days, the day the sun comes out is so special - you can crank up Mr Blue Sky on the ipod and feel the words.
The rain has so many uses, but here in England, I don't think it is appreciated enough, we complain so much about 'all our rain'. However it is in times like these, during a drought that we learn to appreciate it, what it does for us.
My favourite moments are when you see the sun first peep out from the clouds.
And when I look at these photos I think of this great quote by Sam in my beloved Lord of the Rings.
"I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come.
And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something."
