Out In The Rain!

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This has been brought on by the recent, extremely wet and windy weather we've been having here, in England... All through the night, the wind had been howling, the rain beating against the window pane, driven by the wind. Finally, warm and snug, I drifted off to sleep, dreaming of a sunny day ahead. I awakened, next morning, intending to take a walk around the village, to get some fresh air into my lungs. The wind has dropped, but I saw no sun streaming through the curtains. Perhaps it hadn't risen yet... I glanced at the clock... eight-thirty, and the sun should have been up by now. So, I tumbled out of bed, and walked to the window, drawing back the curtains to behold a torrent of raindrops, falling from the dark, grey sky. Disappointment welled inside me, but I went to fix my breakfast, hoping that things might improve by the time I'd finished. Alas, that was not to be; there was no break in the cloud and it was still raining quite heavily. Oh, what the heck! I guess it could have been worse, it certainly could have been better, but I eagerly bathed, donned my jeans, waterproof coat and boots, and took the plunge. Wow!!! It had been quite a time since I'd walked in the rain like this. There's something cleansing and refreshing about walking in rain, which I love, and here I was, walking down the Street, with the rain bouncing around me, off the roads. It felt good... I lifted my face to the sky and let the rain beat down upon it, as if in the shower, but cold and refreshing, the rain made my face tingle with each raindrop. I was now walking in the lane, called Foxhole Lane, for obvious reasons. There are very few houses in this lane, mainly farmhouses and lodges to manor houses, so it's very quiet. I found myself jumping and stomping in puddles and watching the ripples that I had created, then as the puddles smoothed back over, the splash of the raindrops into the pool and the ripples created by them. I was happy... there was nobody about, and I was feeling quite exhilarated by the fresh rain upon my skin. I started to skip and then to dance and twirl my way up the lane, arms upstretched... so happy to be alive and so at one with Nature and the Elements, the smell of wet grass and trees... the trees acting as intermittent umbrellas against the pouring rain. Do you like to walk in the rain, and do you do it often? Or would you rather walk in the sunshine? I like to do both. I think we have to balance our times out between the different types of weather to experience all that life has to offer. Can't wait for Spring!!!:)