Tension

Surface tension that is. As in the force that allows a water drop after a much-needed rain to keep its shape as it rests upon a thankful leaf.

There are times of the year when a dripping-wet morning is really one of the most wonderful things in the garden...

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When the fact that your feet get immediately drenched as you wander...

...and your skin gets as wet as the plants...

...as you brush past the instantly-refreshed foliage...

...and the sun quickly rises...

...to light the morning with jewels...

...which will soon return to invisibility...

...weighing the air with their ghosts...

...and the lightness of a wonderfully cool morning...

...too soon lives only in the past.

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