I woke up in the middle of the night to thunder and the smell of rain after a warm day. It’s one of my favourite smells. It’s warm and fresh, it brings a change. Or at least hope for one. I fell asleep to the sound of rain, which when we lived in a city I sometimes would put on on my phone to keep other sounds away and be able to sleep.
I don’t need the rain app any more. The place we live in now is very quiet at night. I even got used to the tractors working in the fields at night sometimes. Those are the sounds of countryside and I know they will not escalate into something that will keep me awake. This trust in my surroundings keeps me asleep.