Soggy & Boggy

Today the rains are pouring down. The backyard is flooded and the pump is working to keep the water levels acceptable by shunting it out to the the street and into the storm drains. This is the second of the two Pineapple Express atmospheric rivers causing concern and evacuations throughout the county and elsewhere in California. There is charm to living up a canyon until the rains erode it all – I live on a small hill in a tract with a creek in a park a ways down the hill. I’ll settle for that! Our clay soil and poor landscaping creates a boggy lake in the backyard, held in place with our clay soil, but we are lucky overall.

And on a rainy day, oil painting is not something I want to smell throughout the house even though I did think about it. Watercolors called – because of all the water around me? Who knows – but rain brings green growth and soggy ground, and that is a delight in our dry, dry land.

Hahnemuhle CP 140#, 9×12, watercolor. 

11 thoughts on “Soggy & Boggy”

  1. This one is lovely -N! We’re having a huge wind storm here in No.Cal. It actually blew all the rain clouds away. I hope not down your way. We did lose power for a couple of hours. They are expecting a lot of snow which will help all of us in the Summer.

  5. Thanks, Laura Kate! I think the confidence is increasing, perhaps also using a lot of water and letting it just do its thing!

  6. Thanks, Sienablue~ The rain settled about midnight when I turned off the pump, but drizzles continue, which is fine. I am glad you like the greens – I usually start out with Hookers for most things, preferring the WN one to all.

  7. Thanks, Fraggy! And yes, I will enjoy the rain! Drizzles now, rather than deluges, but we take what we can get!

  8. Thank you, Anne! I was wondering how things were going in your neck of the woods, especially with both wild winds and rain. Glad all is well in your area. And, yes, snow pack – hooray!

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