It finally rained.\u00a0 A good, long soaking rain all Wednesday.<\/p>\n
I sat inside and worked on projects.\u00a0 Putting the story I have been writing online mostly…<\/p>\n
It rained, and the ground was damp with moisture.<\/p>\n
I stepped outside and the air was clean — no smoke, no dust.\u00a0 Just air.<\/p>\n
The rich smell of good soils and the sound of the water pushing the air out of the ground were intoxicating.<\/p>\n
By yesterday, the skies had cleared completely.\u00a0 And the bright blue over the sparkling clean leaves gave life a crisp new look.<\/p>\n
We drove up the Olympic Peninsula to Port Townsend and took a ferry to Whidbey Island for the kite festival.\u00a0 The winds were brisk and constant out of the west, shifting to a more northerly breeze in mid-afternoon.\u00a0 There were kites of all sizes and shapes flying, floating (and only occasionally falling) as demonstrators and contestants enjoyed the first full day of Autumn.<\/p>\n
And soon, I hope, we will have rain again.\u00a0 But not until I spend some hours in the garden…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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