Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rain. Show all posts
July 16, 2026
November 21, 2021
Sad Sad Umbrella
October 29, 2021
Japanese Umbrella
August 11, 2020
Happy Umbrellas!
July 9, 2019
Smell The Flowers
September 27, 2018
Reaping What You Sow: Adam and Adamah
"In celebrating Sukkot, we compare Adam and Adamah. Just like a man is dependent on seeding his teachings and good deeds which then leads to reaping his personal life harvest, so too the earth is dependent on seeding and watering which leads to harvesting its produce."Hope you enjoy and Chag Sameach. ;-)
(Inspired by a movie of a farmer in Bishvil-Haivrit)
(Credit Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
August 28, 2018
Upside Down Flower On Stairs
It's an upside-down pink flower bent over a concrete stair.
And the stem is sticking straight up and out.
The contrast of the live soft pink flower and the cold hard grey of the concrete stairs is astounding to me.
Life can so easily be bent over, squished out, and left for dead in the cold harsh realities of this world
We are alive, but life can be hard.
We fight to go on, but life is sometimes unforgiving.
The bright spark of life seeks to illuminate the hard grey block.
Breath, beat, live...good health is unbelievably precious.
Arise flower and once again stand tall in the glowing sunshine and the pouring rain.
Nourish yourself in the soil of the Earth, give praise to the L-rd as only life can do. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 24, 2018
Bored Meetings
The result is that the hot Summer July temperatures are down in the cool 70's and the rain is flooding everywhere.
When I got in the elevator this morning, someone goes to me:
"Did you see the leak in the hallway? They are watering the tree with it."
And sure enough, there it was!
When all this rain finally stops, there is going to be a lot of cleanup and repairs to do.
The other thing was yesterday, we were on the way to a board meeting in our synagogue.
In the elevator, are two other people--a man and women--carrying binders.
They say to us:
"Are you going to the board meeting?"
Surprised, because I didn't recognize them from our synagogue, I respond affirmatively and ask to clarify:
"Oh, you're going to the board meeting too? I don't recall seeing you there before."
Then the elevator stops and they start to get off--but it's to a different board meeting for the building.
When they see that we're going to a different floor, they start laughing:
"I guess we're going to different board meetings!"
I say:
"Yeah that's right, different board meetings, but we'll all probably be bored!
Another laugh by everyone, and we we're all off to the races. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
July 18, 2018
Rain From Heaven
It is the first time that I was actually able to see the rain almost in a slow motion.
They weren't drops, but literally streaks of water zipping down from the sky.
The feeling was so pure and refreshing to clean the air and the ground.
To replenish our reservoirs, ponds, lakes, rivers, and oceans.
To nourish the fruit of the Earth and make it grow.
We use up and make dirty, but G-d replenishes and makes clean! ;-)
(Source photo: Andy Blumenthal)
June 29, 2018
What A Beautiful Song - To Forgive and to Forget
August 16, 2017
Rain Spill On Building
The way the rain splattered down the side of this building.
The water hitting only on top and then trickling down the side like a big spill.
"The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain," but in Washington, D.C., it falls down the side of the buildings in these weird artistic patterns.
When I was a kid, I remember when it rained, my father would tell me positively and jokingly, "Ah, we're getting a free car wash today!"
Isn't it amazing how G-d made the world where it rains, and provides us not only the water to drink and sustain ourselves, but literally a shower to clean our cities and wash away the dirty excesses.
The ecosystem is just an amazing array of literally everything we need and with checks and balances to keep the goings-on of the world suitable for His children. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
May 24, 2017
Make The Oy Vey Go Away
This amazing beautiful flower.
Made by G-d Almighty.
See the perfection of the geometry and the shape that springs forth from mother earth.
Open your eyes to the magnificence and brightness of the colors.
Feel in your mind's eye the soft texture of the petals and droplets.
Breath in the smell of freshness and new air into your expanding lungs.
Yes, whatever ails you...
Make this for yourself a renewal of spirit and of flesh. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
February 16, 2016
Travel in Metro DC Snow
I took this photo yesterday in the Metro DC area.
This brave--or should I say crazy--dude is bicycle riding in the snow.
Car is turning in front of him with the lights on.
But the bike and rider has no lights or reflective material to speak of.
Seems like a death wish or just plain stupid.
Only more ridiculous thing I've seen with a bicycle recently is the rider plowing hard through a rain storm while holding an umbrella with one hand.
Perhaps, there is a gene that makes people look for trouble in bad weather or is it the economy stupid (maybe sadly, the guy can't afford a car or even an uber)?
Ride like the wind... ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 14, 2014
Not Exactly A Genie
A colleague told me that if he had a genie in a bottle, his first wish would be to have infinite wishes; his second wish would be for all his wishes to come true; and his third wish would be that all the wishes would be free of ambiguity such that the intent would be fully clear--nice!
But this here is no genie...this is an umbrella in a bottle.
Twist the top (handle) and pull it from the bottle (case) and whoola, an umbrella.
Cute design, but when I tried to open the umbrella, it felt functionally, like a piece of garbage (IMHO).
Oh genie, how about an umbrella that actually works and who cares if it's in a bottle or not. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
October 30, 2012
World's Nicest Ballerina Umbrella
But with the right umbrella even Frankenstorm can be tamed, a little bit.
That's why I wanted to share with you this picture of the nicest umbrella that I've ever seen--it has dancing ballerinas all the way around.
And if you like the umbrella, there are bags and totes to match.
I found these hanging in the gift shop at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Personally, I opted for a music box for someone special, but I still had my eye on that umbrella. ;-)
(Source Photo: Andy Blumenthal)
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