Rained In

Whilest waiting for it to pass, I've been reading Matthew Boyden's Icons of Opera, A History in Photographs 1900 - 2000. Comprised of a single photo of the performer(s) with a one-page bio facing, his writing has inspired numerous visits to Youtube.

But this photo (Copyright Kurt Weill Foundation) of Austrian-born American Lotte Lenya IMMEDIATELY brought to mind

Gustav Dore's illustration from Puss In Boots....

Detail of Illustration

After sharing the above with Michelle, she sent back, now for your viewing pleasure, this.....

And The Rain STILL came.