I hear THUNDER!

[Hyacinth]

...pitter patter raindrops,
veggies wet through.
Hope yours are, too..

;D ;D ;D

[Hyacinth]

[MrsKP]

been piddling down since at least 4.30am (which is when it woke me up)  :-[

something very satisfying though, about walking round the garden in the pouring rain cutting salad for the lunch box with only the birds to keep me company.

i think the sweetpeas have been on steroids and as long as the temperature doesn't drop i might have about 8 more lily blooms by tonight.


i wouldn't mind a wee bit of sun from 4pm onwards though if we could manage it please.

;D

[amphibian]

We have had none and have only 2mm forecast for the next week.

No doubt when we do get some it will be a torrent, we rarely seem to get light rain here. The end of June, normally around the solstice always seems to suffer from very heavy rain storms.

[SMP1704]

Looking at the forecast on the news, I think it is going to rain everywhere but here :'(

[DenBee]

As we speak I can hear it drumming on the conservatory roof.  Excellent stuff!

This gardening really changes your attitude to the weather, doesn't it?  ;D

[Mrs Ava]

I am hoping, but at the moment it is tropical here in Essex!  I am off to have my long blonde locks cut short this morning to keep me cool.  Have towels on the washing line so hope it doesn't rain before I get home!

[Curryandchips]

Just walked to work in the most amazing electric storm ... got a bit wet too  :D

[SMP1704]

EJ, how does the rest of the family feel about you being shorn?  My lot hate it when I go to the hairdressers, just in case I come back with a radical new look, which often happens.  I tell them "if you want long hair, grow your's long!"

One time I came back with my hair about 8" shorter than it had been that morning and for the rest of the day No2 son kept stroking my hair, asking if we could use glue to stick my hair back on ;D ;D

[Leonnie]

Oh I hope it comes this way, it hot and dry here again today, my veggies are desperate for some water.

[busy_lizzie]

Even up here in the North East, we could do with a good shower.  A bit hazy and overcast today, so you never know!  :) busy_lizzie

[Curryandchips]

And my water butts need topping up too, at least these heavy showers should contribute there ... I generally reckon if I have full butts at the end of June, then I can manage until the end of August, by which time we have normally had some rain.

[Mrs Ava]

I told the kids to look hard for me when they come out of school in case they don't recognise me!  ;D  I had about 3 inches taken off and lots of nice chunky layers put in.  Looks fab!  Best haircut I think I have ever had!!  Well worth the dosh, and it was cheap because it was a mum from school who is a mobile hairdresser that did it for me!  Well chuffed!  Daughter number one worries that i will look like a boy, but it looks so girlie and pretty!  Not like me at all!!

Anyhow, back on track with the weather.  Balmy and clear skies here!  Wish it would rain a little as I am supposed to water old Jacks plot tomorrow as he is away on holiday.

[amphibian]

I am hoping, but at the moment it is tropical here in Essex!  I am off to have my long blonde locks cut short this morning to keep me cool.  Have towels on the washing line so hope it doesn't rain before I get home!

I am considering reducing my blonde locks too. I have just reduced my winter beard to half an inch, I was going to shave it off completly but realised I would have a luminous white chin.

[amphibian]

Yay, we now have 7.2mm of rain forecast for today.

I am very pleased.   :)

[Meg]

Did an early stint at 6.30am and got drenched had to go home at 6.20am!!!!!!!!!!

[amphibian]

Yay, we now have 7.2mm of rain forecast for today.

I am very pleased.   :)

Doh! I was looking at the wrong forecast.

[Hyacinth]

Another heavy shower here this morning. Doing dreadful things to my finances as I'd got 3 lucrative glysophating jobs booked for this week starting today & don't think I'll have a 6hr rain-free period for any of them if Metcheck is doing the bizz.....doing wondrous things for my crops, tho :D

Got a feeling I should be on Aphid and Slug Alert - really humid now.

[Robert_Brenchley]

We had a thunderstorm forst thing, then thunder again later in the day. It doesn't seem to have affected the heat much though; it was absolutely horrible in school.

[Doris_Pinks]

Doh! I was looking at the wrong forecast.
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You had me all excited there for a mo!!

I did wonder!!!  Grounds cracking, extra water butts set up in the form of old dustbins, and nought in sight! :'( :'(
And the worst thing is it is too hot to plot!! :o

[Yellow Petals]

It's 30 here and unbearably stifling (sp?)