Outside it's raining very hard. Here we say: 'Het regent pijpestelen'. It literally means: it rains stems of pipes. Every single drop looks like a pipe's stem.... I actually saw that when I just came home by bike.

It's still autumn here, but should be changing to winter already. It's not very cold: just between 8-13 degrees Celsius.

Luckily it didn't rain yesterday. It was an important day for children, for the 'Sinterklaas' period reached it's climax: On the 5th of December all kids are showered with presents, just like Santa Claus in other countries. I will tell you another time about this festival... Sinterklaas = Saint Nicolas = Santa Claus.

For now I leave you with some rainy expressions in Dutch. Don't know if anyone is interested. Maybe it's handy for the Duch lessons of Ghee.

Here comes the rain:

het regent een paar spatjes - it's raining some splashes

het druppelt een beetje - it's dripping rain

het miezert - it's drizzling rain (steady rain but very small drops)

het regent - it rains

het giet - it's (down)pouring rain , it's pissing down, the rain is coming down in buckets

het stortregent - it's driving rain

het regent pijpestelen - it's raining cats and dogs Have a great and dry day! 

lol cool smile pix

Here in Australia , we say its raining cats and dogs .

I like the Cult too

hope u didn't get wet by the rain baby ! you are not allowed to get ill anymore sweetheart

Het strondregent = it's raining sh*t :-)

Heard about them for a long time, but never listen to their song

Thanks for sharing

cody>thanks

Phil>yeah I know... and I always liked the Cult too

love> I wore a silly raincoat

thailbel> strontregent haha goeie

Xtremely Annoyed>they have even greater songs.. just look on youtube

pissing rain here in ireland