Everyone is moaning about the weather at the moment and I can't deny that I have added my share of grumblings too. It has been fairly rotten for May, we haven't had a decent run of sun for months, it seems to manage a day or two and then collapses with exhaustion over the sustained effort and lets the wind, rain and general coldness run riot for the following week until it can bear to drag itself out of hiding and stares in astonishment at the hoards of people suddenly stripping off jumpers and winter coats again. But miserable weather aside Spring is still lovely, we have leaves and flowers again and the little sun that we have seems to intensify the colours as it comes through the clouds. And since you can never be sure when the sun is going to sink into depression once more, the slightest glimmer of blue sky sends the whole family whooping out into the garden.So today when the lashing rain abated, the thunder stopped and the sky blued up a bit it was a mad dash outside to get the new plants planted, the chicken shed cleaned out (new chicks arriving soon, watch this space) and set the two natural lawn mowers loose in the garden, and also to gather the lilac that survived the storm so now my kitchen smells gorgeous too. Not so bad for a wet day.
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