Rain sweet rain!

We have had a pretty dry three years here in Sonoma County, and tonight I can hear the sound of rain on the skylights. It is the most divine sound!

I love rain. I love being in a house with a roaring fireplace and windows all around me so I can watch the power of a storm move over me, while I sit safe and warm. I love seeing the plants the next morning -- the roses covered with drops that fill the tunnels formed by their petals. Shake them out! I love watching the drops scatter, often soaking my clothing.

I love walking through puddles, feeling my shoes fill with the cold wetness, and I feel the giggles coming from deep within. I love feeling the misty rain on my face, and I lift my chin to the sky and smile as the fine drops soak my hair.

I love the spring, when the flowers beging to release their buty from tightly head packages of petals. It is so lovely to watch them all dance in the warm sunlight.

Summer offers a vast array of color, and smells, and the tastes of summer fruits arrive, bursting on the scene! Sweet summer ..

And Autumn, when the leaves slowly begin to turn into a tapestry of golds, and reds, and oranges, brilliant as they tremble on the thinning branches of their home. As the winds start to pick up, they caress the sidewalks, and car windows, and skip across roads as though they were pebbles being skipped on water.

Winter brings the paperwhites, persimmons on the tree, and holiday lights glowing bright and clear in the darkening sky.

Oh yes, each season is special in its own unique way, just as all of us hold our own special place in the circle of life.

Are we not blessed?