after a very wet spring, it’s been rainless for quite a while across minnesota. in april, my pond was overflowing, and now two months later, it’s halfway to empty. i let my lawn go for the month of may (no mow may) and mowed it on the 29th, and i haven’t touched it since, save a few spots where i needed to tame the thistle weeds. the parts of my lawn in full sun are very dry, brittle, and not green.

so when the forecast showed rain this weekend, i was happy yet hesitant, because i know how these normally go, especially with snow (9″! oh wait, 6″! oh wait, 3″? oh, well, you get .5″). then it rained thursday night, and friday it started to rain during the day, thundering and then starting a solid downpour.

i stood under my covered front entry and watched the rain run down my driveway and into the engineered watercourse that took it down to the pond. i watched the heavy rain overflow the gutters and start to spill over the edges. i listened to the rush of water from sky and hitting the ground. smiled as my plants got soaked with droplets.

it didn’t last very long, but it was something. and afterward, goldfinches swarmed the birdfeeder, which i’m still curious about.

after a humid break today (and a very sweaty run), there’s more rain to come tonight. i did yoga on the patio tonight, and i watched as a cloud meandered across the blue sky in the distance and listened to distant thunder, a harbinger of (good) things to come. i generally would like rain to show up during the week, or at least overnight, but at this point, i welcome rain at any time.