Beautiful rain.......

Yes! You'll probably think I've really lost my marbles now but yesterday evening and last night we had beautiful rain. Lots of it! Steady, warm and heavy. It lasted for several hours and must have been welcomed by every plant, tree, gardener and farmer....and me!
I watered all the herbs in pots yesterday teatime even though the sky was heavy with cloud and threatening to open up and soak us for all it was worth. We haven't had much rain to speak of for several weeks, so the promise of heavy showers had me almost holding my breath in anticipation.
It eventually started fairly slowly and steadily at about seven thirty. Then, as I stood at the back door watching and listening, it was almost as though the garden was drinking noisily as a child does with a straw when almost all the liquid has gone.
When I went to bed at about eleven, it was still raining fairly hard so I left the bedroom window open because it's one of those that pushes outwards from the bottom. As I lay there, I found it comforting and calming as I listened to the rain trickling down the drainpipe outside and then gently gurgling into the storm drain.
This morning when I got up the sun was shining and there was also a breeze. All the plants in the garden were still sparkling with the raindrops which looked like bright diamonds in the sunshine and everything looked very fresh as things do when they've had a good wash.
Despite the roses with their large blooms hanging their heads with the weight of the rain, and the verbascum leaning down almost touching the ground, I knew that everything in the garden felt much better. By this afternoon all the herbs and plants were standing upright once more and I swear they've all grown another inch.
Thanks to the beautiful rain.