Before the rain

We've been having glorious, sunny weather for a few days now, but the rain is back. Hopefully it's just temporary, but it's nice for washing away all of the yellow pollen from everything.

“You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen."
Ernest Hemingway