It’s that time of year when many an afternoon is spent peering out the window watching the rain fall.
I guess the rain is good for the plants (my garden included), but sometimes all I want to do is go outside and play.
It can be hard waiting for the sun to reappear, and I must admit sometimes my patience runs thin.
But, like most things, waiting makes it that much more enjoyable when it’s finally time to go back outside to play! 
On those hot summer days one of my very favorite things to do is to visit the Marshcreek State Park – home to my favorite lake. But what about on those rainy summer days? Well, I still like to visit the lake!
The day started hot and sunny enough, so I packed up my life vest (and my pal Shilah the Husky) and headed out to the lake.
I was surprised to find that the water was warm, as in bathtub warm! So I had no hesitation in jumping right in!
Shilah had a bit more hesitation with the water, would you believe she’s never been to a lake before! Not to worry though, I was able to coax her right in.
Just as I was starting to get warmed up a huge storm came through and dampened my chance to hop on a boat rental!
But after waiting out the heaviest of rain, I wasn’t going to let it spoil my fun, and it was back in the water for Shilah and me!
I even took to some good old fashioned dog paddling, because I of course had to show off my mad swimming skills to my pal Shilah!
What do you do on rainy summer days?
“Thunder Dog” – that’s totally an awesome superdog name if you ask me. I was actually thinking maybe I could use it. Ammo, The Thunder Dog or Ammo, Dog of Thunder – has a nice little ring to it, especially since the sky has been giving me lots of it lately.
After a nasty dry spell this summer mother nature has decided to play a cruel trick on us and let all of the summer rain come at once. Thunder so loud it shakes the ground and skies so dark I need a flashlight mid-day to hunt my groundhogs.
It’s actually sort of peaceful out on the farm as the ominous clouds start rolling in.
*wince* But, the THUNDER is out of this World!
Then the sky opens up and buckets upon buckets of water begin to blanket the ground. And really, there is only one thing to do when that happens….
….scream your head off and run around like crazy! (rain is fun, didn’t you know?)
Even the ponies are super excited about the rain, especially Chesapeake Lightning aka Blitz (see he was MADE for the rain) – because with rain, comes grass, and those ponies LOVE to eat!
Me, I love the rain, but sometimes what happens after the rain is even better.
Hello Mr. Rainbow, did you come to brighten up my day?
But, holey moley, I must have the luck of a leprechaun, because it’s a Double Rainbow (do you see it?). Time to run around screaming my head off again – because I’m sure this is gonna bring me a whole bunch of luck!
What about you? Is mother nature storming on your parade too? Or are you puddle jumping and running around like crazy because you’ve been seeing Double Rainbows too? Do tell!