A soaking wet Cocker Spaniel stands with its nose pushed into the base of a wet gatepost on a rainy street at dusk, coat flattened and dripping, tail mid-wag, while its owner waits under an umbrella at the end of a loose lead.

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After the Rain

You step outside after the first proper rain in weeks and stop, just for a second. That smell. Warm pavement, wet dust, something green underneath. It is simply better out here than it was an hour ago.

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