Then I will give you your rains in their season, and the land shall yield its increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. Leviticus 26:4 Normally, rain doesn't excite me, we get enough in Maryland. We make plans and even create rain dates when the plans fall through thanks to the weather. This is Maryland life. Just this week John and I went somewhere to book an outing, and as John was paying for it, I asked the ... Read More

For our last outing before Alejandra had to leave, I decided on one of my most favorite places on earth, Harpers Ferry. For our trip we ended up having rain, so to protect my camera,  photo taking was unfortunately at a minimum. I do have many posted here from other visits. One of the things that makes Harper's Ferry so special is it has something for everyone. History buffs love it, hikers, nature lovers, photographers, artists, athletes, rafters, rock climbers, craft ... Read More

Unfortunately, rain seems to be the story in Maryland this summer. This is Maryland, specifically Ellicott City, today: More on the way? ... Read More

We are at this very minute feeling the affects of Hurricane Irene. Before it began in earnest, Miranda thought to take the children out. So raincoats, hats, umbrellas were donned, and with how soaked our ground has been, many mushroom discoveries were made. Then the rain started to pick up along with the winds. So, indoors for lunch, and then what else can you do in a hurricane? Well this nana decided to sit Silas down and help him create his own ... Read More

We had a rain shower this afternoon. Ferocious winds, and some thunder. What to do with the kids? ... Read More

With threatening skies and a tornado warning on weather.com, we came home from church, ate a quick lunch and headed out to Gresham Farm to see Chad and Janelle get married. As we drove there, I was really starting to worry that rain was going to come in time for wedding! Once we parked and trekked through the woods to the lovely place they set up for the ceremony, we could hear thunder in the distance... ... Read More

Now it isn't that we don't want to play the Rack-O game sitting in the table, or even a round of Scrabble, but of late, "fun" in our household has taken a new turn. Like the three times since the baby was born, bailing out the two inches of rain in the basement. We usually have a theory why it is happening, then we discover next rainfall that we were wrong. Yesterday's rain made for a flash flood, a bunch of us bailing, ... Read More

Spring in Pasadena... Even mom has had enough of rain! Everything is turning pretty and green. ... Read More

John wanted to revisit the Zoo in D.C. Since it was a day when Laura babysits Cameron, we took him and Laura too! It took two tries to get in, but we finally made it. (D.C. itself is a zoo to drive and park in!) It was a chilly, rainy day and the zebras were...frisky. John gives Cameron a better look. John talks with a zoo volunteer about the Cheetahs. The lions were frisky too! In the butterfly section Laura had one on her finger. John gets a ... Read More

Yet another rainy day for John's holiday in Maryland. Fortunately we had Cameron here to entertain us and us entertain him. Now Mr. Dolphin isn't a stranger to Cameron, as they talk on the webcam each Wednesday. So in short order, Cam was on John's lap and looking out the window, through the rain, watching the birds and squirrels. John also built Cam a train track to play on. John himself took some photos, show how much Yaya and I love the dear little Cameron.... Tomorrow ... Read More

After an evening at the carnival in the rain, what's next to do? Go swimming in the rain! The fellas decided to pose in odd ways before hitting the water in hopes my camera would "capture" them. I did my best, wasn't easy! Miquel takes the plunge... Kenny is next Zack gets some height here Kenny twists for a pose while Andrew looks on. Miquel tries my nerves on this... Zack too Another dive Two at once We don't call him "Crazy Andrew" for nothing!   ... Read More

“The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.” We planned our yearly night out to the carnival for Wednesday, and it rained. So.....we went anyway! Having friends there made it all the nicer. Each year Laura tries this bottle game. The carnival man expertly shows her how its done (he did last year too) Moving on to another game, Andrew tries a game of hitting the balloons with darts, ... Read More

Wow, these days seems like China can do ANYTHING. Even make rain. Chinese weather specialists used chemicals to engineer Beijing's heaviest rainfall of the year, helping to relieve drought and rinse dust from China's capital, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Friday. They got about four-tenths of an inch of rain, the heaviest rainfall this year, helping to "alleviate drought, add soil moisture and remove dust from the air for better air quality," Xinhua said. Seems a litle like playing God, but I suppose ... Read More

The three R's of my weekend. Reading... I tried to start the weekend out right. I even did something for myself I haven't done in a long time. I went to the library to get some informative, learning, and even some pleasure reading material. I went as far as to allow myself hours with a a good enjoyable book. Rain... Spring. As I look out my raining window and after driving half the weekend with the heavens having opened up and it poured down in ... Read More