It was a beautiful rain. The water was soft against the window, catching my attention from my reading. The onomatopoeias, 'pitter' and 'patter,' could not capture the scene better since the element gracefully splashed upon the surfaces it fell on. You could see the ducks slightly shaking their feathers in the pond and the willow trees providing a slip and side for droplets. I'm drawn to the capabilities my camera can do that our human eyes cannot easily do, like freeze-framing a moment in time that holds so much intensity. I applaud those who can capture an outstanding landscape that you don't want to forget, taking it with you forever and being able to share it with others too. I tend to zero in on minute details that can be enlarged to showcase its worth. The properties of water amaze me in many different contexts. I love how it pools together while leaving canyons of air. And even when gravity takes hold as the drops start to drip, they cling together direly. Leonardo da Vinci was also fascinated by water, which I learned at the Denver Nature and Science Museum, subsequently calling it Earth's "lifeblood." He took those passions into hydraulic engineering. My mom and I couldn't stop comparing this genius to my dad. How fitting!
In total, I still have many more showers to experience in the coming weeks, but I was pleasantly surprised to witness water's grandeur appearance on my porch railing in Oxford, England.
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July 2019
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