Window Onto Wetness

On a grey day, cheerfulness from the pear tree outside our bedroom window.

Rained so much today, we gave up waiting for a break in the downpours, walked out with umbrellas and got soaked from waist down even so. Standing with the rain hammering down, got a call from Trapiá in NE Brazil - friends from Natal had gone with Christmas hampers - but please, could we keep on praying for rain? They are desperate...