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Glory be.....RAIN !!

So, it was off to River Rhythms last night.
After another two days of over 100F heat, it seemed cooler at around 90F.
I had to stop off on the way to mail a Frost Wolf picture off as I had received a cheque (coo...I managed to spell that right. I have got too used to using 'check' as the colonials over here do), from a customer and I wanted to send it straight away.
Philip didn't mind being a little late to River Rhythms as the band this week was a country band.
He hates country music.  I can't say I am that fond of it.
The songs are generally about....'his wife's left him, his dog has died, the kids are all sick, the crops have all failed and his truck is broke"....type of thing.
But, this band were not like that.
They were bloody good.  They were more rock & country  (which Philip said meant they were 'crock').
They were excellent musicians and singers.
One thing though.
Is there somewhere they buy their special 'bow legged' jeans?
It seemed that they all had them - the jeans and the bow legs.
Just wondered if there was a specialist shop for such things.
Anyway, I was really enjoying them, especially when they did an excellent rendition of The Devil Went Down To Georgia, the crowd were all starting to warm up and the dancing was energetic, when the announcer got up on the stage....to make an announcement.
He told us that we had some "weather" coming and that the band would do another couple of songs but then they had to pack up all their equipment and go.  This was some serious "weather".
Oh we don't do things by halves here in Wisconsin.
Everybody was grumbling as they packed up their picnics, tables and chairs and started moving off.
It was just about 8pm.
Just after we got back to the car and started heading homewards, the skies darkened.
Oh actually, they didn't just darken....they blacked as inkedened.
My mum had a saying...can't remember where it started but whenever the sky started to look dark and there was rain coming she would say...."Coo, it ain't 'alf black over Bill's mother's."
I don't know who Bill was or his mother come to that.
But, last night it was really black over Bill's mother's.
It was so black with light under it, it looked like a tornado.
There was amazing lightening and the rain started as we got home.  It was so heavy that we were soaked just getting from the garage to the back door.
That storm went on all night, and we loved it.  At last.
It has been sunny again today and the temperature is creeping up.  There doesn't look to be any more rain in the forecast until Monday or Tuesday, but last night's was a blessed relief.
I must be getting better at that rain dance.

posted by Sue Banks @ 2:08 PM