Yesterday I was out in the rain, working on my show cattle getting them ready for the Summer Synergy Show and I was thinking how nice it is to have rain, it always make things brighter, greener and cleaner. It is very important that our fields get the water they need to grass feeders over the summer, our farms primary source of income. It was only a few years back when most of Alberta was in a drought, making things hard, financially, emotionally and literally. I ask dad how much rain do we need and he, like someone who has lived through a few droughts, always replies, "we could always use more".  That said maybe in other places and times of the year rain can be more of a affliction then a blessing I am all for the rain.