Today It Rains Options

[Retrogressive]

It's been raining in my corner of Texas for almost a full week. I stayed up until seven this morning. It thundered all night last night. Our forth of July was a magical-- no, whimsical one. Our neighbors, who are usually very uneventful or patriotic, sent of fireworks in almost every shape and colour last night. The whistles and pops mixed with occasional thunder left me feeling inspired.

This morning I took the dog for a walk. The rain was still trickling from my roof and splattering against our pavement. The grass soaked my jeans. We have miniature frogs hopping everywhere this year; I refuse to have our lawn mowed for their sake. We have a lemon tree in our front yard. I've only seen it bloom and produce lemons once, which was two years ago; it's been nearly dormant since. Today it flourished. The colours outside seemed vibrant and alive decorated with rain drops. Even the rocks beneath the tree were ivory and clean.

When it rains in Texas is one of the most inspiring things for me. What most inspires you? It can be an event, a person, a place, a memory, the weather, or a book.

[*This Confession*]

Long drives I would actually say, everyone said music it seems or girlfriends/boyfriends. I think being with someone that loves you for you and going on a long drive anywhere inspires me. I mean of course your boyfriend/girlfriend are going to inspire you, they love you for you and want you to be yourself and wish you the most luck in everything. When you go on long drives with someone you love and theres no cities or buildings just land. And you look outside of the car at the passing trees and you may have the windows down and feel the wind your hair and you may even have that music on that you really don't hear but its still there in the background and you feel yourself and happy. You have this complete moment with someone you love and its calm and the nature around you.