RAIN

YES glorious rain!!!
After living in an arid environment for the past 8 years I have a bottomless tank for the love of these little wet drops.   It rains here a lot...and continues to not disappoint.  It has been raining for hours today, from the time I woke up there was a small pitter patter to the downpours that I am hearing right now as I write.  I love the smell that rain bring with it... it is so earthy.  It feels like it gives one permission to take the day a little slower than normal.  That one opportunity to sneak in that afternoon nap.  Or hide under a blanket with a cup of hot tea and read.

Whenever it rains here I always am a bit nostalgic too.. it reminds me of how we longed for rainfalls there... I don't really miss cleaning up after each rain... the leaking and flooding in my house.  Or the time it came through the door on the roof and ran all the way down the steps like a waterfall.  Right now I am all cooped up in this very tight house with my slipper socks and sweatshirt on watching it fall, as opposed to running after towels, buckets and moving furniture.
But, it would rain so infrequently there that any rain no matter how messy, it was always a welcomed friend.  Rain there would bring people outside... kids would play in it, grownups would stand in it, and immediately people got in their cars and drove in it, we soaked it up like a sponge...   It would usually only last a moment, but it was always enjoyed to the fullest.