‘I’m Singing in the Rain, Just Singing in the Rain …’

Though I love little better than having a good book to read, amassing favourite quotations in my battered and becoming-unfit-for-purpose brain isn’t something that comes naturally. So Anne-Christine’s Lens Artist Photo Challenge this week – Pick a Favourite Quote and Illustrate it – was a challenge indeed.

Then a silly ditty my children and I enjoyed popped into my head – well, it had been raining all day, and how.

The rain it raineth every day
upon the just and unjust fellah.
But more upon the just, because ...
the unjust hath the just's umbrella

And here they are, those (stolen?) umbrellas

‘A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.’ — Robert Frost. Is this an umbrella bank, I wonder?

Umbrellas sometimes simply aren’t enough …

‘The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain’. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Somtimes it’s best to have a sheet of glass between you and the rain.

‘Après moi, le déluge’ – Often attributed to Louis XV or Madame de Pompadour. Well, we WERE on our way to France at the time.

We who live in God’s Own Country can only dream of a rain free week …

‘When others try to rain on your dreams, carry an umbrella and carry on’ — Unknown

But then after, there’s a rainbow …

‘The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain’. Dolly Parton

‘The nicest thing about the rain is that it always stops. Eventually’.

Eeyore, in AA Milne’s Winnie the Pooh

PS. I’ve sneaked in a sixth photo, against instructions, as my header photo. With no quotation attached to it, I hope it won’t count.

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Author: margaret21

I'm retired and live in North Yorkshire, where I walk , write, volunteer and travel as often as I can.

13 thoughts on “‘I’m Singing in the Rain, Just Singing in the Rain …’”

  1. Looks like you had more fun than we did on your rainy day. ‘We’ erected faux wood cladding on a living room wall…eventually! Hopefully out to play today. Great quotes and pics, Margaret. Have a good day xx

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