A Drop of Rain

A glimpse of the whole world in a drop of rain.

Rain on the needles of Virginia Pine (Pinus virginiana). Three days of rain. One would think I’d be ready for it to stop. For the sun to come out and wipe the moisture away with a gentle brush. No I won’t wish the rain and gray skies away. Those gray skies create magic if you’ll just think about it. There are wondrous autumnal colors now. The magic of the gray skies are the strength of those colors. The darker the sky, the richer the colors, until they vanish into the darkness. Gray skies and rain are beautiful in my fall world.

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Brenda Clements Jones

Brenda is a certified Virginia Master Naturalist, a Habitat Defender for Shenandoah National Park, and a devoted fan of Mother Nature. She lives in a cabin in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Shenandoah National Park, and hikes up to the higher elevations of her mountain often to see what nature is up to. Her constant hiking companion is a camera that captures nature as it unfolds through the seasons. It’s her goal to share the natural world around her through her photographs.