Beauty after the Storm

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
                                            John Ruskin (writer, 1819-1900)

Setting moon, morning after the storm
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The morning after the brief storm dawned fine and clear, leaving everything clean and crisp. There is a simple beauty after a storm. 

Early morning sunlight in the woods, Pine Grove, Ca.
(Photo by the author)

Looking down towards Volcano
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 I had a happy time wandering through the trees, and appreciating the freshness and beauty of the woods.








We ventured down to Volcano again,

Main Street, Volcano, after the storm
(Photo by the author)

which had dried out after the downpour of the day before,  and enjoyed a hearty country breakfast in the Whisky Flat Saloon at the historic St George Hotel and Bar.






There truly is beauty after a storm, we only have to take time to stop and enjoy it.