Raining ... again

The sky was grey and it was raining again when we went out today. No need to be glum, though, as it gave me a chance to try out my new waterproof jacket ... rain definitely did not stop play!


"I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky;
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain when with never a stain
The pavilion of Heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise and unbuild it again."

(Percy Bysshe Shelley - from The Cloud)