Aftermath of Rain II

With all the rain that has fallen on parts of Europe recently it is easy to think that it will never end. But it will, and despite all the woe that water can cause there can be something beautiful too -the air is always clean after rain, and there is a freshness in smell and feeling that is quite revitalising –even in a city. Here is a picture I took in London last year on a day that went from heavy showers to blue sky within a remarkably short space of time (but such is English weather). I loved the wet sparkle of the flagstones outside the National Gallery and the reflection of the blue sky in the puddles -it was as if the whole of Trafalgar Square had been scrubbed and polished, and I found it all rather beautiful –as I usually do when it stops raining! Location: London, England