Saturday Encore ~ By the Light of the Monsoon

This post is from last July, when the summer monsoons were in full swing. I can only wish this year were the same. The clouds are starting to move in each afternoon, but only once has any rain fallen out. Anyway, I was in the mood to see some puddles, and these pictures are full of them.

It rained Friday evening – one of those Amazon jungle kind of rains where it pours and pours 

and pours straight down for about an hour, the storm moves on, then the sun comes out.

Post processing: 1. Crop; 2. Remove wires with healing brush; 3. PW's Boost at 25% 4. PW's Sharpen This on reflection; 5. PW's Quick Edge Burn at 21%

This weather pattern should repeat itself many times between now and the end of August. We call it our monsoon season, and it's my favorite time of year ... despite the heat, the humidity, and the muddy road out to the highway.

Because really, when else are you going to see this kind of light?

Hank loves monsoon season, too. The quick drop in temperature as a storm moves through makes him feisty.

I cringe when I see him doing his airs above the ground, thinking he might slip on the landing, 

but I'm smiling all the while, too, because it makes me happy to see him play like this.

So between the light,

Hank's healthy happiness...

...and having a little water to photograph...

I'm loving monsoon season.