Having had all those blue skies while I was out doing laundry, I quickly changed into my shorts and sneakers to go grab some sunshine by walking around the block. But as soon as I opened the front door, the rain started to spatter again.

Oh well, that was my window. So I just made a quick circuit of “La Danza de Fiore,” and I was glad I did, for I at least got some excellent aromatherapy.

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Fresh rain on clean pavement; that ozone-y electric smell is the first impression; but then you get clobbered by Spring Awakening, in knock-the-glasses-off-your-face concentrations. Good wet soil, covered by mint, rosemary and alyssum, snaps, sweet william, poppies and a mix of California native wildflowers, including Catalina silverlace. All are loving the clean air as much as I am.

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