In 2018 I started this Damp Earth Art blog to hopefully invoke some rain during a drought year. We just ended the most recent "water year" on September 30th, 2024, with a total of 51.60" of precipitation. Definitely a drought year again. Fingers crossed that the coming water year is a wet one! I'm going keep updating this blog, so if the rain inspired you to write or photograph or create art please send it to me, and I'll post it! Please send your work to me at northyubanaturalist@gmail. Maybe our joint efforts will inspire the heavens to continue to rain! You never know! Here are the latest submissions I've received: Evening Rain at Atake on the Great Bridge by Utagawa Hiroshige - 1797-1858 There are 1,190 rain related words or phrases in the Japanese language! Oh no, wind don't blow. It's already dry you know. Bring us rain and bring us snow. Let dark gray clouds put on a show! The recent heavy rains have caused many small waterfalls to appear a...