tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post5855065080631270916..comments2024-03-19T14:28:03.565+00:00Comments on welsh hills again: Rain in summerElizabeth Musgravehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-4120884480763652442012-07-09T17:25:46.514+01:002012-07-09T17:25:46.514+01:00Hi Elizabeth, nice post. I have been working in my...Hi Elizabeth, nice post. I have been working in my office with the door open and a jacket on just for the pleasure of hearing the rain over the slates. How come you have white foxgloves? Mine are all pink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-9632553100912300442012-07-08T13:25:27.850+01:002012-07-08T13:25:27.850+01:00Do you need any mild Welsh rain and green over the...Do you need any mild Welsh rain and green over there Marcheline? I think I can post it.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-79210537847629956522012-07-08T13:24:54.840+01:002012-07-08T13:24:54.840+01:00Gorgeous day here today too. Just off into the ga...Gorgeous day here today too. Just off into the garden for a spot of light weeding, who am I kidding, heavy weeding.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-31976996389769305552012-07-08T13:23:53.764+01:002012-07-08T13:23:53.764+01:00Hard to imagine the dancing in the streets just no...Hard to imagine the dancing in the streets just now Stacy! Still, it is all to do with where you are and what you are short of!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-15742610129475277982012-07-07T20:59:28.871+01:002012-07-07T20:59:28.871+01:00We have thousands of gallons of water storage in b...We have thousands of gallons of water storage in butts and huge tanks, many of them now overflowing down the hill!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-53519306265267053022012-07-07T20:58:40.481+01:002012-07-07T20:58:40.481+01:00The one thing which is good about all this rain is...The one thing which is good about all this rain is that my fast draining soil needs watering in hot water, at least for vegetables and the cutting garden. Seems hard to imagine right now!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-24970510925570092542012-07-07T20:57:51.549+01:002012-07-07T20:57:51.549+01:00I must admit I wrote this on Thursday and then the...I must admit I wrote this on Thursday and then the heavens opened on Friday and I did not feel quite the same! Lovely today though.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-1138023101857231822012-07-07T20:56:39.055+01:002012-07-07T20:56:39.055+01:00Oh you remind me Frances! I know that New York he...Oh you remind me Frances! I know that New York heat in the summer. Makes me glad to be here in the green!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-13627872926521579642012-07-07T17:02:29.776+01:002012-07-07T17:02:29.776+01:00Yes!Yes!Marchelinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11201825708442679157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-10484181782741247982012-07-07T11:42:43.231+01:002012-07-07T11:42:43.231+01:00I wish I could have had your attitude to the recen...I wish I could have had your attitude to the recent weather - I just got fed up and ate too much chocolate (oh, and lit the stove. In July, for heaven's sake). It makes me consider that the Welsh for July is Gorffenhaf - which translates as summer's end. No, no, please no...<br /><br />But then today (Saturday) is lovely, the sun is out, the garden is alive with insects and the chocolate is back in the cupboard. Phew...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-30683011086920501632012-07-06T22:37:40.581+01:002012-07-06T22:37:40.581+01:00You know what? I didn't mean quite this much ...You know what? I didn't mean quite this much rain.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78262381644273340282012-07-06T22:22:07.478+01:002012-07-06T22:22:07.478+01:00I love that shift - when the grey morning turns in...I love that shift - when the grey morning turns into the clear, bright afternoon.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-11858451324978845772012-07-06T22:21:03.734+01:002012-07-06T22:21:03.734+01:00I know! I went out carefully putting my wellies o...I know! I went out carefully putting my wellies on but still managed to come back wet with the grasses from the meadow.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-54410983447210798782012-07-06T19:24:33.420+01:002012-07-06T19:24:33.420+01:00What a lovely evocation of a rainy day. We've...What a lovely evocation of a rainy day. We've just had rain, too, but it means something different here in New Mexico -- more dancing in the streets, less coming to terms. Enjoy the softness and the honeysuckle.Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-61539662569022117012012-07-06T11:57:37.973+01:002012-07-06T11:57:37.973+01:00I wih this rainy season would hurry up ad give us ...I wih this rainy season would hurry up ad give us some sun!! But the garden is loving it!Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16360556804035922731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-11394930181059462072012-07-06T11:14:22.401+01:002012-07-06T11:14:22.401+01:00I think we have your Welsh weather this summer! T...I think we have your Welsh weather this summer! The gardens are loving it though and that is such a bonus. You are right to just enjoy what is. Lovely piece of writing, Elizabeth xCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01588437065757203375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-3680932058277264932012-07-05T18:26:47.579+01:002012-07-05T18:26:47.579+01:00We too had more rain in June than we normally have...We too had more rain in June than we normally have in months!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-46281191988797883972012-07-05T18:26:06.692+01:002012-07-05T18:26:06.692+01:00Well I am with you really. I love summer.Well I am with you really. I love summer.Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-78908549784997798402012-07-05T18:25:36.319+01:002012-07-05T18:25:36.319+01:00I don't normally feel like that about rain. I...I don't normally feel like that about rain. It just took me by surprise!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-46791949053089030992012-07-05T18:25:01.301+01:002012-07-05T18:25:01.301+01:00For some peculiar and annoying reason, the only fo...For some peculiar and annoying reason, the only foxgloves which are horizontal are white ones!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-24938091015446551272012-07-05T16:03:54.863+01:002012-07-05T16:03:54.863+01:00Pleasure even in the rain, lovely.Pleasure even in the rain, lovely.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-82967580572618739992012-07-05T13:40:03.415+01:002012-07-05T13:40:03.415+01:00Thank you, Elizabeth, for transporting me from opp...Thank you, Elizabeth, for transporting me from oppressively hot and humid New York City where the concrete radiates heat, and the street asphalt begins to buckle.<br /><br />I feel quite refreshed having read this post!<br /><br />I also very much enjoyed your previous post about the critiquing visit from the garden authority.<br /><br />xoFranceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352407314710067616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-91009248842235490582012-07-05T13:15:23.511+01:002012-07-05T13:15:23.511+01:00Grey days have their magic too. We were blanketed ...Grey days have their magic too. We were blanketed in mist this morning, but now the sun is up and the butterflies are dancing - so chores even if the chores are only half-done I'm off to the garden.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-42516708550635291782012-07-05T08:26:24.707+01:002012-07-05T08:26:24.707+01:00The rain certainly cleans everywhere and gets rid ...The rain certainly cleans everywhere and gets rid - usually -of the awful mugginess we've been experiencing. The thing is I get drenched walking down the garden path as everything leans wetly towards me!Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15385150635938870512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4028290314714419963.post-81234507779651315372012-07-05T05:07:37.528+01:002012-07-05T05:07:37.528+01:00Mmmmmm - you've written my morning - but with ...Mmmmmm - you've written my morning - but with the scent of ceanothus and lavender.......and the persistent light rain. June had more days of rain than any June since 1952.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.com