I saw a strange sight yesterday.  Someone hit a large moose along Highway 21. It was deceased, in the ditch, with a dog beside it.  The dog was curled up beside the body watching the traffic go by in the pouring rain.  I wonder if they were buddies.

The rain was really coming down when I left home.  The forecast said to expect 5mm. The rain gauge already had more than 25mm.  I pumped the rain barrels out twice before leaving.  All the trees and shrubs really needed the moisture.  It smelled so fresh!  When I got home today there was 30mm in the rain gauge.  Got a bonus 25mm from what the forecast was.

I had hoped to capture some harvesting photos on the way to the farm but it was raining all the way out.  The combines and swathers were all standing still in the fields.

The rain let up in the late afternoon and it looked like it would be a beautiful night. The clouds were passing by one after another but did not leave any moisture.  As the sun was going down, there was a small break in the cloud cover.  It lasted long enough to allow some sunset colors to reflect and just a sliver of the moon to show itself.  It was certainly beautiful while it lasted.