Who else,besides myself,loves the first rain,after a perfect Summer???

Question

Todays the first day in about 7 months for us Southern Cali folk.The air cleans down and streams fill up.The ocean becomes a dirty brown,right along the coast.Plants can breathe with full force,once again....Finally,it is here....Word to a good rainy weekend......Tom Science

Answer 1

I think everyone loves the first rains. The smell of the wet earth from the first rains is the most exhilarating natural smell on this earth.

Answer 2

substances a million bottle of Pimm's No. a million Cup B/R gin 20 lemons caster sugar a million/2 litres of soda water 3oranges 3 sweet English apples sparkling borage leaves sparkling mint Ice Recipe:- Squeeze all yet 3 of the lemons then bypass the juice by ability of a sieve. Whisk the sugar in gradually , tasting now and again until eventually there is an outstanding stability between sweet and bitter. Then upload the soda water and go away to sit back out in the refrigerator. Slice the oranges, apples and preferrred lemons, and pull handful of leaves from the mint and the borage. positioned the fruit, leaves and some ice in a jug. Fill about a million/3 finished with the Pimm's and upload a one hundred and twenty ml. gin. accurate up with the lemonade, stir, flavor, and upload one hundred and twenty ml. extra gin, lemonade or Pimm's as required. For perfect authenticity, serve in pewter cups, topped with ice.

Answer 3

In the words of Satyajit Ray,

"Brishti Bheja Maatir gondho, purono boi r sonda gondha, maya Farasi r sera paarfum e ei duti r judi nei" (Bengali)

The smell of the soil after the first rain and the musty smell of old books, no perfume however great can compare with them.

Answer 4

nothing can beat it!

but, it hasn't happened yet here in SEATTLE! We have had record dry weather this past summer- near drought conditions! So much for our wet weather stereotype. though it is supposed to get wet this weekend. sigh.

Answer 5

even i love the rains....................