Things that happen when it rains

• There is a rush to get everything inside
• A curious emptiness
• Damp clothes
• Clamminess
• Drips off umbrellas
• Constant noise
• Cars swooshing
• It's not so bad once you're in it
• Wanting to be indoors
• A drop falling off a leaf
• Rushings in gutters
• Scallop shaped waves run downhill
• Blurred light reflections on the road at night
• It gets dark early
• Bruised flowers and soft fruit
• Wet shoes
• Dust puffs up where the drops hit it
• The smell of wet dust
• Wet and muddy footprints near the door
• Dirty floors
• Long columns of water
• Uncertainty about how long it will last
• Sheep go to shelter, or do not go to shelter and we think it means something
• Fish jumping
• Chills and coldness and aches
• A dripping nose
• Wet hair
• Whispering as the rain falls on the ground
• Streams of water in places previously dry
• Mud
• Lying in bed hearing the rain falling on the roof
• Worrying about things left outside and about water getting into places where it should not be
• Puddles
• Being splashed by cars
• Clots of dead grass in drains
• Squelching on a lawn
• Soaked trouser cuffs
• Slippery surfaces
• Landslides and floods
• Rain diamonds on grasses
• Spray
• Deciding we don't have to worry about the watering
• Accidentally standing on a snail
• High winds lashing rain against the windows
• Feelings of safety and security because the weather can't get in
• Stamping in puddles while wearing wellies
• Making damns and streams from a mud puddle
• Falling rain showing up in the light of a streetlamp
• Longer stopping distances while driving
• Not being able to dry clothes