We have puddles!
We actually had water falling from the sky, on and off, for a couple of days. We never were treated to the torrential rain that had been promised, but there was enough to allow us to ease off with the watering.
Ruby employed her well-practised puddle-avoidance strategy.
Weather continued to dominate our activities last week.
We continued to take our walks in the mornings, trying to avoid the hottest part of the day. Thursday was particularly hot and, much to Ruby’s disgust, the heat forced us to have a lazy day indoors.
Torrential rain had been forecast for Sunday, but in the end we were treated to little more than a light dampening. With the thermostat finally turned down, we decided we could ease up on the watering and turn our attention to some other jobs.
We also had the much-hyped solar eclipse, which, for us, turned out to be something of a damp squib.
The previous eclipse had been much more dramatic, plunging us into total darkness. A chill descended, accompanied by an eerie silence. This time the light dimmed slightly and… that was about it. I’m rather glad I hadn’t bought eclipse glasses or, worse, gone to stand in the garden with a colander on my head!
Still no rain here. About ten miles away, there was some rain, and when Martyn was watching cricket at Headingley, about fifteen miles from us, when play was stopped because of it.
The nearest we have come to having rain was a day when it felt as though we were actually sitting in a low cloud.
The temperature has been up and down too. Some days I have needed to dig out a fleece, while on others I have been back in a T-shirt.
To be honest, I don’t have very much to write about. After all, reading yet another account of constant watering would be unimaginably boring, so I’ll try not to make this entirely about the weather!
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