WHERE'S THE RAIN?

For those of us who live on the western side of the Cascade Mountains here in Oregon, we historically experience a blast of winter rain.  It washes our lives crispy clean.  It provides fresh water in puddles that reflect naked trees.  It cleanses our gutters and ditches.  That refreshing rain gives us a reason to break out the "wellies" and umbrellas.  Most of us love it, love to gripe about it, love to splash in it.

But this year it has gone missing.  Really, missing! We have had about a third of the rain we normally get during this rainy season.  What it means is not only dirty birds, but parched farm lands come summer.  There is no snow pack to water this bread basket called the Willamette Valley.  So, the weather service is calling for some sprinkles this week.  Revel in each drop!