We’ve been getting some heavy rain, here in the Sacramento valley. It rained the night before Halloween, and even though it was nearly sunny all day on Halloween, by night time it had started sprinkling again, and just about the time the teenagers would have been out trick-or-treating, it was pouring.

Ever since it’s been gray and damp. When we drove up to Apple Hill yesterday we drove through patches where it was barely drizzly, and then would round a corner and be smack in the middle of a downpour. Today the sky stayed cloudy all day, and by the time I left the office for home it had started to drizzle again. And tonight’s downpour waited until just about the time the other two second altos were arriving at my house for our sectional rehearsal, so that they came in the door laughing and soaked.

The downsides to the rain are that it’s doing a number on the Halloween decorations around the neighborhood, and because it’s been so heavy the drains are a bit overloaded, which means that for those of us who park on the street, getting from the street to the sidewalk can sometimes require either wading through a small lake, or hiking to the end of the block to a safer spot to cross. But on the plus side, all this rain is sorely needed in our area. And even better, my poor little car, which parks on the street all year round and consequently is permanently covered in a thick layer of bugs and dust, is finally getting clean!

It’s NaBloPoMo time again!