"My sweetness is to wake in the night after days of dry heat, hearing the rain."
Water
~ Wendell Berry
I grew up in South San Jose up in the San Francisco Bay Area. It's not a farming community and it does not get especially hot or dry, but this quote still made me think about those nights when you wake up in the middle of the night to hear the rain pounding on the roof.
I love the constant rattling of the rain in the gutter and the sound of the raindrops hitting my window. Sometimes I would sneak downstairs into the screenroom in our backyard. The metal roof would intensify the sound and I would feel as if I was right in the middle of the storm (without getting wet.)
One of the best things about a rain storm is the fresh, crisp smell in the air after it rains. The air quality up in the Bay is not great, so breathing in the clean air is like being able to eat dessert before dinner.
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