Like Rihanna sang with her great hit Umbrella, 'baby, its raining'. And how it is , today! A very wet day where we all need rainjackets. And good shoes. Or rain boots. The dog stays out of the rain on the back deck. I stay by the fire log burning in the living room. The back door is opened to hear the thunderous rain drops dripping and falling. The rain sound is so very soothing. I have an excellent Chinese buddhist music CD bought for a penny online. It comes from Hanshan Temple, presumably in China. On it, although much electronic sound effect seems added, one can hear chants and eventually rain water and even birds. very very soothing.