Filling in the cracks with tears from the sky.

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The same path: a month without rain on the left - two days of rain recovery on the right.

Rain is an essential ingredient of summer.

It makes things grow big and strong. It cools the air. It provides immeasurable relief from the hot sun. It fills the cracks in the soil, mending what has inevitably come undone.

But it’s always worth remembering that nature has its limitations. Conspiracy theories set aside — too much rain brings devastating floods, too little causes drought. A little bit at a time, or a nice slow rain, is just right.

We made it almost a month without rain, which meant that Csermely and I had to water the garden, by bucket and hand, for several weeks in a row, just to keep our crops from drying up (alive, yet not exactly thriving).

Now, it’s been raining for two gentle days and nights in a row. Even the roof tiles seem to be quietly exhaling a sigh of relief. The temperatures have dropped from an overheated 32°C to a mild 15°C during the day, dipping down to 9°C at night, down to a single digit. I can’t remember the last time I wore a pair of pants in the middle of the day, or put on my favorite flannel shirt for that matter, it feels like months ago.

Looking back to July 3rd of last year, I also took a photo of roses in the rain.

And wrote a poem about them too:

today
the roses are wet again
soaking with more than mountain dew
rain is pouring out from the clouds
as I wonder, with knowing,
if the rain will ever stop, it will.

today
the roses are bobbing in tune
to the drops of relentless rain
heavy with tears
no longer as beautiful
as they were under the sun-filled June.

Now, that the cracks in the clay are beginning to heal, the garden is in full-on-soaking-it-all-in mode. The pumpkins couldn’t be happier & the peas in the back garden are growing plumper every day. It’s still very early in the season, but I foresee many beautiful harvests this year.

Just as water heals nature, water can also be our greatest healer.

Here, Csermely is energizing some healing eyebright tea for my eyes which have probably seen too many things in the past week they do not wish to see.