Rainy day open thread

My apologies for the blog silence.  I suddenly got slammed with work which, when added to my existing responsibilities, has taken up all of my available time.  As I said to a friend, I feel like a pinball bouncing around from one thing to another, desperately trying not to get sucked away into the hole at the bottom of the game.  Things should ease up tomorrow afternoon.  In the meantime, feel free to add here whatever you find interesting that you’d like to share.

P.S.  Here in drought stricken California, it’s an incredible blessing that it’s a rainy day, so my using that word in the post caption should not be taken as a complaint; instead, it’s a celebration.