A somewhat unwelcome Saturday morning.
Rain pouring nonstop.
Newly bloomed azaleas battered to the ground.
After a scary evening yesterday with rain, flash flooding, hail and
a tornado warning, all within a few miles of us, we don't need more water.
Thankfully though we sustained no damage here.
A pair of chickadees have been checking the little bird house on the front porch for
a couple of weeks, however, this year it appears they've decided to build a nursery
elsewhere. There is no sign of a nest. I even attached a little ball of dryer
lint which I thought they might use. April is moving along quickly and I really
think they would have moved in by now.
We haven't shopped for our annual hanging Boston ferns for these empty
baskets yet - but they are on the 'to do' list for a trip to the garden center
on a much drier day.
The fig tree seems to like all this rain, I notice the leaves this morning seem
more lush and fuller, and the bluebells are standing tall.
Our rain is predicted to last all day, tapering off around 7 PM - which is good as we
have a theatre date for 8 PM.
The production of "Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" is apparently a
humorous adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's scary story "The Hound of
the Baskervilles" which is set on often fog-shrouded Dartmoor in Devon,
just a few miles from my English home.
My favorite, and I have masses of them, all planted many years ago . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . the George Tabor Azalea is one of the best of the sun and
heat-tolerant evergreen Azaleas.
for use as hedge, screen or massed planting for a truly
impressive color display.
Hope your weekend brings sunshine and you are able to get outside
and enjoy some fun in the fresh air.
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