More rainy day photos...
![abutilon bud after the rain_edited.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_e4a67ffd132d46d78e4bbee6c19c7888.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_753,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1eb7ff_e4a67ffd132d46d78e4bbee6c19c7888.jpg)
Flowers look especially lovely with some beads of rain on them, don't you think? In the photo above, an abutilon bud with a large raindrop.
Below, abutilon blossoms, a hummingbird favorite, on the same shrub.
![abutilon after the rain_edited.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_bbc4daf996bb40af8b7b23b64dbef9e8.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1307,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1eb7ff_bbc4daf996bb40af8b7b23b64dbef9e8.jpg)
And a lavatera flower, below. Here, after the rain. As soon as the sun was back out, the bees were busy sipping nectar from the blossoms on this huge shrub.
![lavatera blossom after the rain_edited.JPG](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/1eb7ff_beb4f7fae2ed4436a10140066cc90e93.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_768,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/1eb7ff_beb4f7fae2ed4436a10140066cc90e93.jpg)