Be Careful What You Wish For...

Yesterday I mentioned that it was raining....well it continued to rain all through the night and when I woke up this AM after sleeping a little later than normal, this is what I saw across the street from my house.  I ran inside to get my camera and yelled at the boys to wave...

Normally I wouldn't rush into the house to get my camera to take pictures of 2 boys in boats, but this is not a pond, this is not a lake, it is a big open space, fairly deep to collect excess rain and boy did it collect it last night.

And then I drove down to the end of my street and saw this.....

And then I drove to downtown Naperville on my way to Trader Joe's to pick up more tulips (will explain later). Driving via downtown Naperville is not my usual route to Trader Joe's but it seemed wherever I turned, there were street closings due to high water.  When I drove into downtown this is what I saw there....

The rushing river is almost level with the bridge...and the waters are rising into City Hall...

Oh Lord, there must be hundreds of flooded basements....thank God I escaped, but if the electricity would have gone out, I think I might have been underwater...the sump pump hardly stopped running last night.

But amidst all this I came across this delight....

After seeing nothing but grey skies and rain for 2 days, Samantha was a breath of fresh spring air.  She was dressed from head to foot in bright eccentric colors for her friend, Taylor who is currently enrolled in a photography class at our local college.  Taylor's assignment was to take pictures of a "personality" and Samantha was more than willing to oblige.

I had Taylor and Samantha pose together for me....such cute girls.  And so willing to let me take their pictures.

While I was having fun with the girls, along comes a couple of runners, students from the college, running through all the water.  They ran through so fast I wasn't able to capture them on camera, so I asked them to do it again so I could take their pictures. Without hesitation they turned around and ran right back through the water....

Oh to be young again....And for those of you that are hesitant about asking to take a stranger's pictures, most everyone is more than willing and thrilled that you asked.  They feel quite happy to pose or run through water again.

But the ones who seemed to be unfazed by all the water were the ducks....

So the next time you wish for rain....maybe you better specify just how much.

"Life is like a rainbow.  You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear." ~  Unknown

Until next time.....