I hope it rains today

My apologies to those folk in Pensby who want to get out in the garden today but I hope it rains!

If it rains I shan’t be tempted to go and mow the lawn and weed and do all the other jobs which are crying out for attention outdoors. It’s not that I don’t enjoy them but I have so much else to do. Apart from having a book to read (of course), some new embroidery that I’m dying to start, and some cooking / cleaning / cat care that requires my attention I have loads to do on the computer.

I’m about four or five book reviews behind in my book blog. I have to peruse some fascinating old photos of Liverpool that jamese has brought to my attention, there are e-mails to send and a couple of e-bay auctions to watch. I want to bring my list of flowers in the garden up to date and link it to photos. I also need to update my list of books read. Then there are bits of family history stuff and jewellery to list. The layout of this blog needs changing to split up my list of blogs to visit because it has got too long. I want to write a piece about Sparrowhawks for my Pensby blog because we had one in the garden yesterday. I need to fix up Jo’s new laptop for Skype and BBC i-player and various other programmes. Jo’s business invoice heading needs revising. There are printer cartridges to order. I’ve got photos and albums to scan in and my anorexic bank account needs to have some creative accounting.

Yes, a little rain would not go amiss today.

Rain

Yesterday it rained. And it rained, and it rained and it rained. The forecast had said 100% chance of rain but by the time I copied it the chances were down to 90%. That didn't stop it from being continuous all day.





I'm glad I don't garden on clay. One minute the ground is hard as rock and the next it is flooded red mud.