It rained off and on all day yesterday -- another 3.4 mm, giving us 10 mm so far for the month. (About 50 mm is average for August.) So we're still behind the curve but we're getting some moisture, and there's more to come this week supposedly.
Bailey and I actually got caught in the rain on our afternoon walk, something so unexpected that I didn't even think to bring an umbrella. We had to wait a few seconds beneath a shop awning until it slacked enough to keep going. The plants are happy, though the rain is beating up some of the older flowers like the Iron-in-the-Fire dahlia above.
Here's the whole garden from the back door. It looks greener in the picture than it really does, mainly because you can't see all the brown grass. But even this little bit of rain has freshened things up.
Otherwise I don't have much to say about yesterday. I read more of "Our Evenings" and walked the dog, did some laundry and some minor cleaning, and we watched "Titanic" in the afternoon (a good rainy day movie). And honestly, that was pretty much the extent of my activities. Ho hum!
In the evening I had a conversation with my siblings about the continued dispersal of my stepmother's estate. It just goes on and on.
I can't believe how quickly our lawn is going back to green!!
ReplyDeleteEvery morning I look forward to reading "Shadows and Light" and seeing the pictures of course - even when they are of plants! However, this morning's blogpost has to be the dullest one ever churned out by Reed Communications Inc..
ReplyDeleteIt was a nothing day here as well, we got 10mm of rain, making a total of 18mm this month, I sat with a good book most of the day.
ReplyDeleteIt rained here in Helsinki, Finland, too, during the night and this morning. Great 💦
ReplyDeleteBytheway, I know one Susan Reed, an American who is now living in Greece,
married to a Finn. A relative of yours? From under the heading "It's A Small World" 😊
A good walk in the rain can be nice. Granted, better with a brolly, but when it has been missing so long, welcome. I wish I could send you some of ours!
ReplyDeleteI am glad it is raining, days of gentle rain, is great. A downpour after a drought would be more likely to bring flooding.
ReplyDeleteYour rain is giving me hope for some of our own.
ReplyDeleteOh, the dahlias!
Your garden looks lush in that photo. Glad you are getting the rain you needed.
ReplyDeleteA little rain helps a bit. You captured the raindrops on the orange dahlia. The pastel orange color is lovely. We are supposed to get some rain tonight and next week (maybe). It is dry.
ReplyDeleteThey keep predicting rain for us but so far...nada. 55% chance of rain today and tomorrow but I'll believe it when I see it.
ReplyDeleteToo bad you did not think to bring an umbrella. You missed a wonderful opportunity to regale us with "Singing in the Rain'. Instead of Ginger, your partner would have been your bulldozer.
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