Rain!! Rain!!!!!
We've had so little rain in the last few months that I had begun think we'll be in drought situations soon. The garden is parched. Even keeping plants in containers going has begun to resemble a military exercise. Every night gallons of water are being sloshed about the estate with precision. We're exhausted. We ache, and no doubt the water bill will be extortionate. It was therefore wonderful to have a day of rain at last. And not those mad dash downpours lasting half an hour which promise so much but in reality the water just heads off into rivers. No, today we had nice slow steady rain for most of the day. A sort of heavy drizzle I'd call it. Cool too so no evaporation. The water butts are full again. I'd forgotten where my windscreen wipers were too.
What was most interesting is that when the rain ended, the house martins came out in force. Winged beasties were lifting after the rain ceased. Nature knows best.
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