After the rain

 There is that magical thing that happens after a rain

 when the sun comes out...

  Mother Nature wakes up 

and puts on a new outfit...
especially chosen for this particular day

 The colors are richer and stronger...
 and the birds sing much louder...I know...I can hear them 

 Greens are jewel-like...
 and flowers seem to drink up the water and the sun...

 The smell of the earth and air are sweet and fragrant

and very different than an ordinary day...

this is an "after the rain day"

 Rusty things become shiny...

and soft...
and dry things become refreshed and born again 

And any hint of the heat of summer 

is replaced with a wash of fall water colors...
natures sprinklers!

 The trunks of the old Oaks are

 black and leathery
but young again too... because of the rain

 And the sky is blue
like a carribean sea

with big puffs of cotton

 Don't you love a good rain?

It's a healing thing...

good for the soul 

&
for

 the heart 

~kelley~