The rain wouldn’t quit. Yet it was a peaceful, welcoming rain as the remaining snow melted away; soft, gentle, not hard to force me off the trail towards shelter.

​I couldn’t help but notice how the rain drops on the spruce needles lit up like tiny lights as the light shone through–and the sun wasn’t even peaking through the clouds yet.

Shot at J.J. Collett Natural Area on April 30, 2017, with my old Canon Rebel XS DSLR camera with a Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 IS USM macro lens.