Diamonds and cobwebs.
Yesterday three members of my family joined me at the lake. We had the best intentions of spending the majority of the day out in the boat. You know; bobbing in the warm water around the islands, talking, laughing, catching up. Relaxing.
Raindrops were falling on our heads.
Plans sometimes change, but a storm blowing rain up from the south didn’t deter us. We sat in the boat, boat still in the boat lift, and watched the rain.
Twisted web.
It was a beautiful thing.
Rain on water.
And then we did what any typical northern family does in a rain storm in the south.
We went swimming.
Come on in, the water’s fine!
Change Is Hard 
August 30, 2015 at 10:07 am
Loved this! I remember I was always a water baby. Lifeguarded, taught swimming. When I was a kid and it rained, one of my favorite things was to NOT get out of the pool, but to sit underwater and look up and watch the rain hit the surface from below. It was just beautiful! DakotasDen
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August 30, 2015 at 11:24 am
I never did that, swam below and watched the rain. Would be fun.
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August 30, 2015 at 10:09 am
Sounds like a good time – we got rain, too. It rained out my son’s football game. We’ll get a second chance on Monday. Swimming would have been much more fun. We’re ‘grounded’ from the lake until after football and wrestling season, by then it will be frozen over. Thank you, have a great week.
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August 30, 2015 at 11:24 am
Hope your son’s team wins on Monday!
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August 30, 2015 at 11:38 am
Thanks – the varsity won Friday and they were down 7-0 when the thunder came
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August 30, 2015 at 10:39 am
I love the twisted spider web! When I was a kid, swimming in the rain was a favorite thing to do.
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August 30, 2015 at 11:23 am
It was a lot colder swimming in the rain in Michigan when we grew up.
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August 30, 2015 at 11:17 am
Neat web! It would have to be pretty darn hot for me to go swimming in the rain.
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August 30, 2015 at 11:23 am
Well…it IS Alabama in August…
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August 30, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Sounds like fun! I love a good rainstorm.
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August 30, 2015 at 1:29 pm
Beautiful images — and surprise ending!
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August 30, 2015 at 2:39 pm
You got some great shots! Well, even a rainy day can be productive, right?!
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August 30, 2015 at 4:16 pm
Love how u didnt let the rain ruin your day.
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August 30, 2015 at 8:21 pm
that is one good thing around this area – even when it rains it is still warm enough to swim 🙂
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September 1, 2015 at 11:13 pm
These are lovely. You have a good eye.
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