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Rain, rain go away

 


With the middle of winter well and truly here we are getting more and more rainy days. It's not often I go out on my days off, except for food shopping but this one particular day this week I did need to go into town and ended up running through the pelting rain, of course I stopped after getting out of my car to get this shot. Greymouth is full of old buildings and as you can see above, the ones that have been here originally plus the ones added in recent years have been repurposed by local businesses.

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Iris Flavia said…
Nice to see those houses, here everything is hiiiiigh up.
Also... I love rain, even when it´s cold. Just we get none!
28 July 2022 at 15:51
Tigger's Mum said…
Aaaah now you get it. Welcome to West Coast living. Don't worry you will eventually develop the necessary webbed toes.
28 July 2022 at 17:50
gz said…
Hopefully rainy winter days will mean fewer summer droughts and fires
28 July 2022 at 21:02
Billy Blue Eyes said…
Be grateful for small mercies we have had no rain for weeks now and are heading for a drought. Sent it here we are desperate for rain
28 July 2022 at 21:44
Andy said…
The only thing missing is the umbrellas. ☔
28 July 2022 at 23:17
Bill said…
That's the kind of weather we are used to. :)
29 July 2022 at 07:08
Tom said…
...we had a shower today that barely settled the dust, I would gladly take some of your rain.
29 July 2022 at 07:58
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
Great street scene and I love repurposed buildings.
29 July 2022 at 09:25
Spare Parts and Pics said…
I would love some of your rain right now! I like the bright building colors.
29 July 2022 at 11:11
Einari Sinappi said…
Nice and cozy little town you´ve got going on there. It looks really nice.
29 July 2022 at 13:16
William Kendall said…
We've had our share of rain lately.
29 July 2022 at 18:59
Klara said…
uf, I keep telling myself I should go out more when it rains, for the purpose of taking photos, still didn't happen ;-).
30 July 2022 at 04:42
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