Rain ...
Blessed rain :-) It was very heavy and the wind, she did blow, but now it's cleared and the birds are singing, out in the garden feeding, and the whole land looks so refreshed. I was out gardening yesterday, hands in the earth, and our land is not too bad. We've had some rain and the condition of the soil is so good it's able to take it in and hold it, in consequence the plants are doing well. There's lots to eat out there, both cooking greens and salad; the overwintered stuff is coming along nicely too and strawberries in the greenhouse are flowering! But this rain has helped enormously. Where would we be without rain? Starving! As well as nowt to drink, no washing, etc, etc. Listening to the news or the weather you'd think it was all doom and gloom if we don't have wall-to-wall sunshine all the time ... driving treacherous they tell you if we get rain; kids miserable; they call it "bad weather". I ask you, how dumb can you get? Are we really this ...