Rain, rain, go away. My umbrella’s here to stay…

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Mum used to say to me, in Indonesian: “sedia payung sebelum hujan” – meaning get your umbrella ready before the rain comes, meaning always be prepared. But I never did get my umbrella ready. I don’t even own one.

Rain doesn't have to be so bad with umbrellas?

Beautiful picture. Poor umbrella.

London’s weather is making me think. People really do need umbrellas, huh?! Well, I’m not saying Melbourne’s weather is any better. But at least in Melbourne, I have the range of hooded jackets that I didn’t bring to London. So, sadly, I’m stuck with having to pray that there’s no rain at all times when I’m out!

I never liked bringing umbrellas. Yes, they are more and more compact these days, but once it rains and you have to open it up, you can’t just put it back in your bag after it’s drenched and wet, right?! I don’t like carrying around extra stuff, because I know I tend to lose things. But I do think umbrellas can be beautiful in photographs. Like these…

Striking colour umbrella for your gloomy days...

"Up where they play all day in the sun"...

Hide out in the middle of the field & shield yourself from the sun

No matter the weather, brolly keeps you cool & shaded...

Love this. Notice the Hello Kitty brolly?

More umbrella photographs can be found at Flickr (or anywhere else in the web of course). I’d like to one day take some great photographs with this object.

PS: Happy 09.09.09 everyone!