a difference is being felt.
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach.
Henry Beston
It couldn’t have come at a better time during this summer of record-breaking heat and voracious forest fires. Finally the dense smoke hanging over the region has been blown out and tamped down by several bouts of rain and lowered temperatures. While containment of these massive and numerous fires has not yet been achieved there has been significant progress made towards that end.
There could not have been a more beautiful sound than hearing these droplets begin to fall on our metal roof. I am quite certain that I was not the only one to go outside, lift my face skywards and just take in a deep breath of the moisture laden air.
This image is a double taken at my little lake, sharing the rain with the beauty of the trees that did not come under fire this summer.
Are we out of the woods yet? No…but the view is getting better every day and for that I am grateful!
it's (almost always) about the water... 
I hope the rain continue to fall for a while, Sheryl. You have had a dangerously hot and dry season out there.
Your write-up is beautiful, your image even more so. Please accept a giant star for this sublime double (the lily pads in the sky are the final flourish for me).
Yes, we are thankful for the rain. I do wonder how you are able to put two pictures together and have one come out so wonderfully interesting .
Great idea for a double exposure!
loved, loved loved it……L