We were in that transitional time when winter turns to spring. Of course, this time of year usually means the weather is going to be “wishy-washy”. You know, one day snowy, the next day either sunny or raining. No one is sure what to do, how to dress. As we got closer to the actual time designated on our calendars as spring, the weather was mostly rainy.
All I heard from people, meteorologist and lay people alike is “it’s raining and when will it stop”. These are the same people who only a couple of months ago were wanting rain instead of snow and ice!
They cannot understand why our weather is so bad. Some say that the last sunny period we had (three to four days in a row), was in the early weeks of the autumn season of last year. I look at some of these things that are being said about the rain in total amazement. People this is the time of year when things that have lain dormant are beginning to be awakened and in order to survive, they need water.
It’s understandable how some may feel when it rains so much. After all, the devastation of floods, possible loss of life and destruction of homes and personal property is tragic. But this time of year the rain helps things to grow. This is the time of year when we are supposed to get it.
Everybody is saying, “I wish the rain would stop!” But if it did think of what would happen. All we have to do is look to the west in places like Nevada where there are water shortages and California who had a drought for six years. So the times when it did begin to rain, it would flood. Vegetation had no root system to hold back the water or redirect it. It was washed away with the soil and devastation occurred.
The rain, we so nonchalantly wish would stop, is the very thing that’s needed to water the roots of plants, flowers, grass, shrubs and vegetation. If it doesn’t get water we end up with dry, arid conditions that cannot