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“The best thing that one can do,

When it’s raining,

Is to let it rain.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I’ve always loved glorious Spring rains

And, I have never let them get me down

Since I didn’t feel like working this morning

I got out my binoculars and took a walkaround

The rain was not stopping our red-tailed hawk

I soon spotted him soaring high through the sky

And, I zoomed in on a delightful little sparrow’s nest

A mother feeding her babies brought a tear to my eye

As I gazed about my now awakening flower and vegetable gardens

I soon spotted a pair of robins diligently plucking the earth with glee

They were pulling up such extremely rotund and juicy night crawlers

This sight brought many visions of past rainy Spring fishing trips to me

As I wandered off in the rain, into a small patch of green wood

I spotted several young deer cavorting and playing in the trees

But I had neglected to take along my extremely faithful canines

And now, I heard their plaintive howls in the rainy spring breeze

So, being the extremely compassionate human being that I have always been

I went back, and I let my dogs accompany me, on my rainy morning walkaround

Neither I nor any of my canines, ever let these rainy Spring mornings get us down

But when my spouse found all the mud in our house, we all hid, hoping not to be found

©May 2013, Mr. Ed, Who Hangs Around With Very Muddy Dogs,

But Who Will Always Love These Glorious Rainy Spring Mornings