Don’t Rain on My Parade Caption Challenge
Don’t tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter
Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on my parade!
These Funny Girl lyrics sung by Oscar-winning actress Barbra Streisand were the first words that crossed my mind after seeing this photo from Artful Blogging. I love how Tif Fussell, the photographer, showcases the illumination of rain on a sunny day.
Comment below with YOUR best caption for this photo. The reader with the most creative response will receive an issue of the upcoming Artful Blogging Winter ’13!
Update: Our winner is Sheryl Butler! We will be in contact with you in regards to your prize. Thank you to everyone who participated! Look forward to the next caption challenge this month.
Contest is open to residents of the U.S. Entries will be accepted until 10/30/12 at 11:59 p.m. Winner will be announced 10/31/12.
Photo credit: Tif Fussell, dottie angel
Posted: Monday, October 8th, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
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I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die, For after the rain when with never a stain The pavilion of Heaven is bare, And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams Build up the blue dome of air, I silently laugh at my own cenotaph, And out of the caverns of rain, Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb, I arise and unbuild it again.
– Percy Bysshe Shelley
‘The Cloud’.
“Don’t get your feet wet”!
Rain, rain go away come again another day….an for goodness sake will somebody get me an umbrella, my feet are freezing!!
Me and My Shadow sharing the rain, I’ve got the top she’s got the bottom, but it’s all water just the same.
I thought i’d stay dry
if I stepped on the cooler
but a million drops did fall.
Big sigh!
My shadow pointed out, “Hey wet is OK –
At least your dress matches your cooler”!
This picnic currently Rain Delayed.
Wash away the blues
a blue picnic….
Gene Kelly!
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo
Doo-dloo-doo-doo-doo-doo…
I’m singin’ in the rain
Just singin’ in the rain
What a glorious feelin’
I’m happy again.
I’m laughing at clouds.
So dark up above
The sun’s in my heart
And i’m ready for love.
Ciao Rita
Whipple winds and water twirl while enjoying the still of dew.
Who left the sprinkler on?
Catherine Denton
Soul Cleansing Shower . . .
BLESSINGS FROM ABOVE INSTEAD !
I wrote a poem for it…made it into a journal page painting….
… .AND its on my blog…! LOL…Thanks for the inspiration Tiff!
~She Stood for sunny skies…
Warm summer Showers…
Billowing Turquoise Sundresses…
And the slight Chance that a rainbow might just show up!
VKJ~A RhinestoneContessa
Just hopped over to your lovely blog, Vanessa. Thanks for the shout-out!
“It’s beautiful to feel like a kid again – I love the warm rain on my face.”
Let the raindrops become the notes to your own music! Then dance with the rain!
Another picnic in the rain…
Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain. Author unknown
This is one of my fav quotes!
I hate wet grass!
Party at my cooler…umbrellas optional.
Stepping up to see the rainbow……
What do you mean, there is a drought? Not from my point of view! I LOVE THE RAIN!
dancing in the rain…
she could see no good reason to act her age
i refuse to let common sense cloud my judgment
The practice of putting women on pedestals began to die out when it was discovered that they could give orders better from there.
Betty Grable
Let it rain and cleanse my soul while I smile in the sunshine.
Oh, the weather outside’s delightful!
And it may not sound insightful,
but when walking a country lane,
let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!
Be thankful when the rain reigns!
Live in the present and make it so beautiful that it will be worth remembering. Ida Scott Taylor (Note to self)
I smized, smized and smized while standing on that cooler in the pouring rain…and this was my best shot??!! Guess I’m going home this week..
:)
“Hope Floats”
:)
A picnic in the rain can “wet” your appetite!
Sunshine through the rain warms the soul.
” Though the eyes of a child “
I sing in the rain
So I am not blue
When I think of you
My many dreams fly up to the sky;
So many drops come down; I ask, “Why?”
look at all the rain, and i’m not even wet!
A haiku for the caption:
Summer memories…
sun showers and blue dresses…
picnics in the rain.
D. Dianne Davies
rain may dampen the soil but not the smile in my heart
When everything is lemonade and sunshine rain, tis folly to be blue.
Always Looking for Rainbows
To me, this photo depicts the inner child in all of us — the childlike qualities we all possess but rarely let shine through.
So my caption would read:
“I wanted to feel like a kid again … just for one moment in time.”
A drop for every dream I dream for you and me.
Opportunity comes from everywhere. So don’t throw in the towel, throw it out!
Capturing a memory of playing .in the rain
If these are pennies from heaven, I’m worth a MILLION BUCKS!
When floods come, good things rise to the top…
Some people revel in the rain, and some people just get wet.
Rain never keeps me down~
Standing here upon my box,
as the rain showersdown on me.
I feel my soul is being cleansed,
God’s grace has set me free!
#52. Name is: Patti Eigenberg :)
Standing here upon my box,as the rain showers down on me.
I feel my soul is being cleansed, God’s grace has set me free!
Sparkles of Blessings,
Raining down on me!
Come what may!
I am floating, I am floating,
I am floating on liquid sunshine.
This Too Shall Pass!
sunshowers brought fantasies of floating with the clouds
Rain or shine, last beer is mine!
I’m not waiting for the storm to pass,
I’m dancing in my mind….
Creative thoughts are swirling there,
of the sweetest kind….
and when the raindrops cease to fall,
I’ll be ready, I can say…..
With idea’s plenty,
To carry on the day!
Raindrops keep falling on my head – and the rest of me!
Nothing like a warm summer rain to make you feel like a kid again!
Rainy Days and Mondays Always make me blue
“There’s something good in all weathers”
Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, It’s about learning to dance in the rain!
(author unknown)
#20 says it all! Totally depicts what the picture represents! My vote goes to Kristal Wolf!
Oops! That is Krystal with a ‘y’.
Share fresh squeezed clouds
Hasten to stand still with me
drink summer’s coolant
Drops of sunshine combined with rain wash away my ‘Blues’ and let me smile again!
She stayed strong
and faced the storm.
…stand in the rain
Stand your ground
Stand up when it’s all crashing down
You stand through the pain
You won’t drown
And one day, what’s lost can be found….
(Superchick)
I’d wait in the sunshine
I’ll wait in the rain.
Today’s picnic with my love
Shall not be in vain.
“Feel the rain on your skin
No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten”
“Unwritten” lyrics
Natasha Bedingfield
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain, I can still see and reach that fruit!
Let it rain! I can reach the fruit!
…And just when I thought I would never smile again, Life came back. – unknown
Every path has it’s puddle.
…and anyway I LOVE THE RAIN…
make rain while the sun shines and you’ll get a rainbow
rain, rain don’t go away
inspire me to dance and play
“Raindrops keep falling on my head. But that doesn’t mean my eyes will soon be turning red”. From Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
“The best thing one can do when it’s raining is to let it rain”. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“No person has the right to rain on your dreams” Marian Wright Edelman
Why not just go with it…
I hope there is a collapsible umbrella packed with my lunch.
Find your stage, free your soul, and dance to the music of life.
I know all your graces
Some day will flower
In a sweet
In a sweet sun shower (Chris Cornell)
Childhood remembered…enjoy each moment!
If raindrops were wishes, I’d shower you with kisses.
Sunshowers
let us know
that even if it rains
the sun shall
ever Glow
Multi-tasking: Shower, laundry and watering the lawn!
jeannie had experienced summer showers before but had never she felt the pleasure of self-watering turf.
Let it rain, let it rain, let it rain!
WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP TALKING ABOUT RAIN- CAN’T YOU SEE THE GLARING SUNSHINE BEHIND HER?!?!?
I don’t think that I can
I don’t think that I can take it,
It took so long to bake it.
and I’ll never have that recipe again.
Pause when joy shines down.
Let your smile be your umbrella.
When that doesen’t work…
strike a pose!
She kicked off her shoes, jumped up on the cooler, and decided to go with the flow and enjoy every minute!
Rain is just little drops of sunshine.
Into each life a little rain must fall,
But the sun is right there
Not far away at all.
“Into every life some rain must fall.”
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
“The way I see it, if you want a rainbow you have to have a little rain.”
Dolly Parton
“Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.”
Roger Miller
Heaven and Earth
“Summer Showers and Blogging Blues”
It will be a bright sun shiny day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i stand on my island
like a bright lighthouse at lands-end
calling rocks ahead
Sunday June 30 Caption:
1: Why is Geroge looking at Ben ??
2: You know Ben always has the best ideas.
3: O my God -my fly is unbuttoned !!!
4: Sir, have you noticed …..
5: Yes, Hamilton. Ben, would you “FLY DOWN” to my
office. I forgot my quill.
She tells the sun her problems, she laughs and lets out buckets off cool rain showers because darling, there’s nothing a little sun shower can’t fix.