Rain!

Finally, some rain! We heard yesterday that there were yellow weather warnings for heavy rain in southern England, and at least in our area we haven't had anything that dramatic. But we are getting a long, steady soaking, which is exactly what we need. The plants all look happy.

I made the video above rather hastily this morning. As you can tell, the lawn and garden were quite dry. There are a couple of high points to watch for. First, Nicole the Nicotiana is looking better than ever, with a couple of tall, impressive flower spikes. The avocado tree on the patio is also darker and leafier than it's ever been -- it loves being outside.

You can see it's a little hard to move around on our patio, with the banana, tree fern, avocado and other plants all around, and the coltsfoot and lady's mantle growing right out of the paving stones where we would normally walk! I just don't have the heart to take it out.

Finally, in the borders, the Thalictrum is about to bloom -- it has a cloud of little pink buds at the top -- and we're getting a second flush of roses from a couple of our rose bushes.

Rain! Yay!