Rain!

It has been raining cats and dogs for days, as it usually does in February, and  the wind has been blowing as if it were March..  I don't know where we can go from January if this keeps up!  I guess the ice and snow can still usher in those last dreary months of the winter. 
I actually enjoy cloudy, rainy days like today.  I like being snug inside and seemingly protected by the low clouds and heavy rains.  The world is blanked in gauze like fog and the rain covers and muffles all sound and cleans all the grass and leaves.  The trees seem to lift their heads a little higher after a good bath and the birds sing out their delight when the sun starts to shine again.  Oh World, I cannot hold thee close enough!