Do you remember many years ago, when as a kid it was so much fun to go outside and play in the rain?  Maybe it was just me.  I remember it was raining pretty hard one time when my little sister and I (maybe 5 or 6 at the time I'm guessing) decided to go out and run around in the rain. We got  Moon SliverA clear, early morning sky soaked.  It was great fun, so exhilarating and a real thrill!  Mom was furious though and we were in big trouble so we never did that again. 

Now fast forward to modern times.  I customarily get up pretty early in the morning, usually somewhere between 5:30 and 6:30, to walk, run or otherwise traverse a one or two mile course around the  neighborhood.  Strangely enough over many, many years of doing this, it almost never rains at this time of day.  If it did I would use that as an excuse to "take a day off" and stay inside.  Just recently however I was out on the road when it started raining.  Just starting out, I considered turning back, but it was such a nice, gentle rain, just a drizzle really, so I continued.  The rain made it an all new sensation.  It felt different, I heard different sounds, I saw different light.  Different light? Yes it was dark - and wet, so the street lights made everything sparkle.  

So, for whatever reason, I have now had 2 or 3 rainy mornings already this year.  "Global warming" altering our weather patterns perhaps?  I don't know.  But I do know one thing - I did not get in any trouble!