{"id":260,"date":"2009-02-24T12:43:52","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/?p=260"},"modified":"2009-02-24T12:43:52","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T19:43:52","slug":"the-rain-we-some-of-us-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ingridtaylar.com\/?p=260","title":{"rendered":"The Rain We [Some of Us] Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/using-my-photos\/\">** Photo usage and restrictions<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_368\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-368\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/rainleaves500.jpg\" alt=\"Raindrops on Leaves\" title=\"Raindrops on Leaves\" width=\"500\" height=\"341\" class=\"size-full wp-image-368\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Raindrops on Leaves - Panasonic Lumix FZ28<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Not everyone around here loves the rain. When it&#8217;s gloriously blue and vivid, I encounter the happiest people in the Bay Area. I, on the other hand, thrive when the storm clouds creep, the fog jets under the Golden Gate Bridge &#8212; when I capture a few raindrops on film between showers and life in the Bay Area seems worlds apart from those years I spent blistered in the suns of Southern California. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_366\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/cityrain500.jpg\" alt=\"City Rain\" title=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"408\" class=\"size-full wp-image-366\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">City Rain - Panasonic Lumix FX500<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.about.com\/b\/2008\/06\/04\/california-drought-water-saving-tips.htm\">obvious concern<\/a> over what we&#8217;ll do come summer, when showers and flushing and &#8220;normal&#8221; water usage threaten our remaining drops of potable H20. For that reason, I pray for rain. I&#8217;d dance for rain if I had the steps. At the very least, I thank the rain &#8212; in the process, soaking up its imagery as the showers soak the soil and quench California&#8217;s thirst.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_375\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/geesedrinking500.jpg\" alt=\"Geese Sipping From a Puddle\" title=\"Geese Sipping From a Puddle\" width=\"500\" height=\"370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-375\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-375\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Geese Sipping From a Puddle - Olympus E520 w\/Zuiko 70-300mm<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_367\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefreequark.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/raintable500.jpg\" alt=\"Stormy Table\" title=\"Stormy Table\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"size-full wp-image-367\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stormy Table - Panasonic Lumix FX500<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** Photo usage and restrictions Not everyone around here loves the rain. 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