Angelica! I squeed when I saw you had written something for B2MeM! This is great; I like the contrasts in the first paragraph between Valinor and Middle-earth. And your description of the rising storm is lovely! :)

I'll heartily second Dawn's squee!  You drew a vivid picture in with a disciplined palette.  The contrasts are stark, and I, too, loved the description of the storm.

Very good, Angelica. I can greatly appreciate the first rainstorm after waiting so long; I've lived a couple of different places where there was nothing so welcome and dramatic.

o/ What a fabulous drabble, I love how you took your current world (down under right) and described it from the Middle-earth view. The longing for the rain, the determination to overcome this bit of summer and then the long awaited release with rain... happiness indeed!

There is nothing on earth like rain in the desert... and you have captured it beautifully!

 "... finally, finally the rain."

Just wonderful!

(And I hope you have rain!)

Weather may have been the last thing on the mind of the elves born and bred and Valinor it may be something they have taken for granted until they went to ME.   Well done piece. 

Great job of conveying the changes of the weather and the feeling of relief when the rain finally came :) Wonderfully done!