“But the true lover of rain… has a deep inner enjoyment of the rain, as rain, and his sense of its beauty drinks it in as thirstily as does the drinking earth. It refreshes and cools his heart and brain; he longs to go forth into the fields, to feel its steady stream, to scent its fragrance; to stand under some heavy-foliaged chestnut-tree, and hear the rushing music on the crowded leaves.”

~ John Richard Vernon (British clergyman: 1833 – 1902)

Gladly shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& lover of rain)