Weekly Photo Challenge: Rain Dance

Let your life lightly dance like dew on the tip of a leaf

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time, like dew on the tip of a leaf.
-Rabindranath Tagore

Dance is the theme for the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge.

Plenty of rain in Northern California and a couple of new tricks with my Samsung Galaxy gave me new perspectives of rain droplets on leaves and grass. Droplets bead up and roll, taking several other unsuspecting droplets with their miniature dancing deluge.

Droplets dance after the rain variation of drops on blades of grass Rain drops dance on a spring leaf

What do you think of this quote? To me it implies that life is precious and finely balanced, precariously perched in a delicate dance.

The last photo includes “Razzmatazz” a bright fuschia color for Jennifer Nicole Wells’ Color Your World Photo Challenge.

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26 responses to “Weekly Photo Challenge: Rain Dance”

Janice Wald

Mar 29, 2016 at 8:35 pm

Hi Terri,
Great to see you here at Blogger’s Pit Stop. I can’t tell you what I think of the quote since I am so mesmerized by your amazing photos. What did you use to get the writing over the photo?
Thanks for bringing your post to the Blogger’s Pit Stop.
Janice, Pit Stop Crew

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 29, 2016 at 8:45 pm
  
  Thanks, Janice, I use PicMonkey…very easy to add text 🙂
  
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  1. Janice Wald
    
    Mar 29, 2016 at 8:45 pm
    
    Cool! Thanks Terri!
    Janice
    
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  2. Janice Wald
    
    Mar 29, 2016 at 9:37 pm
    
    I never learned pic monkey. I am so comfortable with Canva, I haven’t taken my time to learn something new.
    
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  3. Terri Webster Schrandt
    
    Mar 31, 2016 at 7:32 am
    
    I would think Canva allows for adding text to the image.
    
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  4. Janice Wald
    
    Mar 31, 2016 at 11:33 am
    
    Thanks!
    
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Hugh’s Views and News

Mar 24, 2016 at 9:22 am

Such refreshing photos, Terri, and what a refreshing way to look at life with the quote.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 24, 2016 at 9:05 pm
  
  Thanks, Hugh, I’m so grateful for our rain! California has a ways to go, but we’ll take every drop!
  
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  1. Hugh’s Views and News
    
    Mar 25, 2016 at 4:22 am
    
    I only wish I could send over some of our British rain to you, Terri. We’ve just had one of the wettest Winters on record but have just enjoyed almost two weeks of dry sunny weather. However, after today, the rains are back. That Bunny is going to get very wet when he visits the UK tomorrow night.
    
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  2. Terri Webster Schrandt
    
    Mar 25, 2016 at 8:01 am
    
    We actually might get rain on Easter Sunday, but we’ll be in Yosemite all weekend, where it may snow the day after we leave. Get that bunny an umbrella!
    
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Gilly

Mar 24, 2016 at 1:45 am

And beautiful pics too by the way.

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Gilly

Mar 24, 2016 at 1:45 am

Good quote to aspire to but not always easy to achieve. That’s the joy of inspirational quotes though, they are bite-sized reminders that nudge us back into positive ways of looking at life when life drags us down roads to nowhere.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 24, 2016 at 8:53 am
  
  I know, huh? We may like to think we can lightly dance through life carefree, but that same life likes to grab us and drag us down some days! Thanks for stopping by Gilly, good to see you 🙂
  
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Doug Warren

Mar 23, 2016 at 3:12 pm

Love the quote, and magnificent drop photos.

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 9:21 pm
  
  Thanks, Doug, some of my best close-up work! It is really fun!
  
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Retirementallychallenged.com

Mar 23, 2016 at 12:17 pm

I envy your rain! Even though they say that it’s better that the concentration is up north where it helps the snow pack, I would love to have more down here. I like your take on the photo challenge word!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 9:20 pm
  
  Thanks, Janis, I wish Cal would get more rain. Spring is still young, keep hoping! We’ve noticed that a lot of trees that were not watered around our neighborhood are mostly dead. Lot of people just ignored everything…I was able to use a weekly drip on my trees and they came out OK. Those trees are so important for shade.
  
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Bipasha

Mar 23, 2016 at 10:13 am

Beautiful quote… Tagore always has the most perfect words 😊

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 11:37 am
  
  Thank you, it did fit 🙂
  
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garym6059

Mar 23, 2016 at 9:16 am

The SG can do some amazing things for photography :).

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 9:19 am
  
  Truly! A little picmonkey edit never hurts either 🙂
  
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Priceless Joy

Mar 23, 2016 at 7:13 am

Beautiful photos! I love your thoughts regarding that beautiful quote!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 7:50 am
  
  Thanks so much, PJ!!
  
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Janet Sunderland

Mar 23, 2016 at 7:05 am

Really like the first in the series of three. It looks touchable and fresh. And really really happy you’re getting rain!

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1. Terri Webster Schrandt
  
  Mar 23, 2016 at 7:52 am
  
  Thank you Janet! The weather has been good so far, lots of snow in the Sierras…California still has a long way to go to get out of the drought.
  
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