Grateful Because

It was raining this morning and man… does it smell nice. It smells… fresh and special and… and it’s uncatchable. Sure, many products claim to smell like “fresh rain” but how many actually do? None, in my book.

Apparently it’s not even the rain itself that smells. If everything is right water doesn’t have a smell.

Instead the smell is produced by the Streptomyces bacteria. When it’s been dry a while they produce spores and those spores are what is released into the air when the rain hits the ground. And this is what we associate with the smell of rain.

It’s amazing how also in the process of rain everything works together and is at the same time as simple as a child can see and as complicated as a wise one knows.

Thank You for the smell of rain.

· The wonderful photo of rain hitting cement was taken by sneezypb