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I awoke at 4 in the morning to the sound of heavy rain falling on the roof and pattering against our windows. This was a real storm...in AUGUST! The rain continued on and off until about 11:00am when the brooding clouds reluctantly moved on, leaving an overcast sky and a blissfully cooler day as a lingering reminder. I loved the fresh air, fragrant with moistened dry grass and clay soil, and the way it felt outside, as if everything was giving a big sigh of relief from the hot and oppressivly dry days of August.

I decided to share a picture of rainwater pouring out of a gutter and a picture of our bird bath where the large droplets splashed and created big bubbles on the surface! Really neat to see. For this picture, I added texture to the background and changed the color of the water to a much bluer tone, as it was a very grey day and I wanted to make the water pretty! :) Thanks to Jerry Jones for "P-7"

James Mercer Langston Hughes (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form jazz poetry. Hughes is best known as a leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He famously wrote about the period that "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". Wikipedia: Langston Hughes

Explored on August 26, 2013. Highest placement, page 3.