After the rain.....

We actually had a concert in our back yard last night. The football field is a block away and they are doing fund raisers to raise a three quarter of a million dollars to build a new complex. So we had a rainy day all day and then with a mist most of the evening we had mostly contemporary and western music blaring at our house. It is quiet today and we are home from church and it has been raining again. I ran out and snapped shots of what it looks like after the rain. I can't believe how the colors are so enhanced with the moisture. I have many shots but I am going to only share a few at a time. The pressure of keeping up pictures isn't bad, but I can take it easy for a few days and share my collection. The top photo was shot with a portrait setting and with enough light it worked. The red sprouts are the peony bushes coming up. The daffodil group is the only place where I have multiple blooms. For some reason, my different plantings have lots of foliage and only one bloom.