I had absolutely no appetite yesterday and it wasn't due to the cinnamon; it was the weather and the lack of rain.

We only got a few drops in the first line of thunderstorms that came through about 4:00 and I was in a huge funk at the prospect of not getting anymore. But about 9:30 the cold front came through with over an inch of rain before it moved out about midnight. What a relief.

I just looked back in my blog to see when I last wrote about rain and it was two weeks ago. Drought and insomnia: the two things I absolutely do not suffer gracefully.

So it's a beautiful, fresh-washed morning here and a friend wants to meet me at the park for a more leisurely hike, a chance to take binoculars and a camera.