Wind!

Sitting here watching junk tv - no I'm not going to tell you what it is - and the wind is HOWLING.  The power has blinked once, enough to make the battery backup on my computer start screaming.  I can hear the rain pounding against the house, and loud noises of things bumping outside in the night.  AND I LOVE IT!  As much as I love to see the snow drifting down, I love storms.  I know I am safe, warm, and dry, and I love to hear the wind rush through the trees around us and down around the house.  The dogs aren't very excited about it...so they generally hide in dark corners, wound in tight circles.  Drizzly, all day sort-of-rain I can do without...it makes winter last.for.ever.  Crashing windy rainstorms? Bring it on!!