April Showers...

...I just have to say that all these April showers better bring some May flowers!
Rain, Rain, and even MORE Rain! I know that we desperately needed some rain, but I am ready for a break! It seems like it has rained every day (or at least part of every day) for a week and more rain to come! What's worse is that with the rain has come wind and thunder and lightning. All these lovely elements are fine and dandy during the day, but at 3:00 AM when I am in the middle of a REM cycle it's a little tough to appreciate! I am just crossing my fingers and hoping that some back roads in the county will flood just enough to make travel difficult and they'll call off school tomorrow! I believe that during my teaching career I have had more rain/storm days total than I have snow days! I might appreciate all this rain a little more if it got me out of work for a day! :-) Is that terrible to say the very first week back from spring break?

All this rain makes me think of one of my favorite paintings. It is Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877 by Gustave Caillebotte. I actually bought a print of it when I visited the Art Institute in Chicago where the original is housed and it now hangs in my living room. It is probably familiar to many of you... here is what is look like:
It makes the rain look a wee more glamorous that my rain experiences actually are! I do love a rainy day, but I despise being out in it... I don't look quite this sophisticated when I have to walk through the rain!

Stay dry!