Sometimes rain is nice

Ugh. I hate rain. Summer is too short.

Is rain bad weather? Where I come from, rain is essential for growing crops and keeping the land green and luscious. So in that context, rain isn't bad weather. It's good weather.

I saw that Perth is one of the sunniest cities on earth, so I can see why a bit of rain might be an experience.

You'd be happily miserable here today, a cold spring morning (not far above freezing), gray, breezy, and chilly, with a chance of snow. Kind of incongruous, with the greening grass and the returning migratory birds. I wanted to do some outside stuff, but it's not worth the bundling up. Of course, in winter this would have been a mild day.

I've always had a strong attachment to the cold grays of autumn, when the world is retreating inward and many birds are gone, the brown leaves whirl in the wind, and it all feels so somber but somehow real. But everything in its season, and right now I'd prefer that spring show up with milder days and the gentle rains.

Misery loves company after all.