We are having a cool and rainy spring, but the flowers are blooming and the ground is soaking up the moisture.  The peas are coming up, and last night we ate spinach from the garden.  I planted that spinach last fall in hopes of a harvest for Christmas.  My covering for the bed wasn’t quite right, though, and collapsed under the weight of the snow.  I was so surprised in February when I removed the cover and found tiny sweet spinach.  And now that it is warmer, that same spinach is growing big and ready to eat.

Although the rain is delaying the planting season for farmers, it is welcome because we are still recovering from drought.  Everything looks so clean, the colors so intense, in the rain.  I still enjoy a walk in the rain, if I can have a raincoat and waterproof boots.  Rain is a gift of life.