Not Quite Rain

We did get about 30 seconds of serious rain this past Tuesday, and ever since then, the weather has been promising to do better--with no results, as yet. The here-and-now contrast of clouds and sun is almost as lovely as the hinted notion of a real downpour. When I was going out to the post office on Wednesday, the southeastern end of the Tehachapi Valley was alive with rays of light, falling through the clouds almost as thick as grass on a hillside. It was one of those sights that seems a bit clearer if you look at it out of the corner of your eye, but I had a shot at it with the camera anyway.