punch me

punch me, originally uploaded by pr9000.

It has been raining for 24 hours, and Lord knows we needed it ... Everything is brown; walking barefoot in the back yard is like acupuncture on your soles; the leaves on the trees are threatening to fall off en masse with nary a red, gold or brown hue.

But now it is raining, and it's glorious. I'm sitting on the back porch, with Trotter at my feet and a strong cup of coffee at my side. The moss on the tree bark is a seafoam green, and everything else is muted and monochrome. I actually created a photo effect called "new black" that tries to capture this; to see an example, click here and scroll over to the third photo. But even that doesn't quite capture what I see (and smell) outside this morning.

October rain is the best kind of rain.