. . . in praise of rain

Although I love and need the sun,

I have to admit to being really excited by wind and rain.

This image should be a movie

so that you could see the sheets of rain moire-ing up the valley

but at least you can get an idea of the tree's movement

and can see the small god passing up-river on his little cloud.

The tree is of course my favourite Aspen . . . planted it myself!

As always it is the very last to greet the Spring,

holding itself in skeletonic check for almost a month after the rest.
 Then . . . the grand entrance,

a burst of incredible growth (not that many days ago in point of fact) and then all is made up.