Refresh

Rain. You have all seen it. Depending on the part of the world you live in, you will see it more or less than others. I'm originally from Oregon. In Oregon, you definitely have rain and lots of it. There is a big, wet price to pay for perpetual green landscapes. My Australian husband spent almost 10 years in Oregon. Every morning, he'd look out the window and say, "Oh look, it's raining...again". You could count on rain of some sort at least 9 months of the year. Rain never bothered me really. I suppose I looked forward to the sun, but having never considered myself someone who would spend a great deal of time outdoors because of my work, it didn't really matter if it was sunny or rainy. And then I moved to Perth. Perth has what they call a Mediterranean climate. I suppose that means it's supposed to be fairly temperate here, at least on the Indian Ocean where I live. I can tell you though, at least 6 months out of the year it is dry, and probably three months of the year it is dry and bloody hot (as I've mentioned in a previous post).After all the hot, and all the dry, if you are lucky, you get RAIN. Tonight, it is raining, and it is cool-two things that don't happen together very often. When it rains here, you get some amazing scents. Rain brings out the smell of the eucalyptus trees. There are ones that smell like peppermint, and ones that smell like lemon and ones that smell like cough drops. I can smell the earthiness of the sandy soil, the freshness of the grass, and the cleansing of the bitumen on my street. All in all, with the rain, the cool and the light breeze,the world feels refreshed. Greens seem greener, birds are happier, air is cleaner, and everything seems new. Rain refreshes, it reinvigorates, it makes things new. I imagine this rain clearing out the hot, dry and dusty of everything, including me, and refreshing it all. What a wonderful feeling! Everything and everyone needs refreshing now and again. I hope that you too, wherever you are, can find some rain-literal or figurative. I hope you can find something that makes you feel refreshed. Maybe that's beautiful music, the soothing sounds of the rain, the wind blowing in your hair or a soft springtime breeze. Whatever it is, when you feel it, close your eyes and breathe it in. Let it do it's job to refresh you and make you new. Me? I'll be sitting here in my shorts and a jumper with my eyes closed right beside you on the other side of the world feeling....refreshed.