Morning in the Garden

It rained here today! Just a few minutes, but a real summer rain--you could smell it coming in, the sweetness intensified as it poured down, and then poof it was gone, leaving me to wonder if I'd imagined the whole thing. It took me right back to my New England childhood: rain and the smell of the metal screens on the side porch, quick bring the laundry in, close the windows. It's all there in that one breath.