Ottawa’s average annual rainfall (869 mm) is more than twice that of Edmonton (365 mm), and 2.5 times that of Calgary (326 mm). Maybe that’s why I’m still astounded by the heavy rainfalls I see here: early experience sets unconscious expectations, perhaps.
We had another downpour this last week, and then the sun came out. That’s another difference, at least between Ottawa and my memory of Edmonton: I remember the latter getting day-long rain, but Ottawa seems prone to storm cells, with one after another sweeping through.
Anyway, the sun came out after the rain and shone through the raindrops on the flame bush in the backyard. Its uppermost leaves have already started to turn colour.
Gorgeous colour!
I’ve noticed if the rain starts suddenly and ferociously, it will end quickly. It’s the slowly forming, drippy, misty, uncertain rain that lasts for days.
Barbara – Yes, the heavy downpours don’t last. I expect there’s some life metaphor in there. 🙂
Yes. Babies get sick all the time, but get over it fast. Unlike old folk who are only sick twice a year, but it lasts for 6 months each time.
Barbara – Now there’s a happy thought for someone who’s a bit under the weather at the moment! Only another 5 months and 28 days to go.
That’s so beautiful Isabel! It looks so fresh 🙂
Kate – Many thanks.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos of a sight that could easily have been unnoticed.
Judith – 🙂
Can you blow up that drop hanging on the end of the leaf enough to see what’s shining through it? Sometimes they act as a microscope, sometimes as a telescope.
Jim T
Jim – I don’t *think* it would blow up any more than it already is. 🙂 Or maybe I’d see me peering back . . .
Isabel – perhaps the difference between Ottawa and Edmonton weather is that Ottawa is much closer to the Gulf of Mexico.
John – Do they get sparkling red leaves near the Gulf of Mexico, too? Seriously, I suspect you’re right. Alberta doesn’t get too much of its weather from the south (this latest winter snowstorm notwithstanding), but we seem to.