We have RAIN - of a sort!

[tim]

Steady rain all last night, too - quite against the prediction.

Just realised why it came. I left the Honda out - knowing it would stay dry!!

[tim]

[Grandma]

Guess I'll have to borrow someone's Honda then. I'm all danced-out.  :'(

[ninnyscrops]

Grandma, we need a special Sussex rain dance here I think. All of us in Sussex put out the gazebos, chairs and tables, add the fairy lights, turn on the pond lights (if you have some), invite friends over for an outdoor meal and that's bound to work!        ;D ;D ;D

The cricket season has started and even that didn't send the clouds!

[theothermarg]

we had rain yesterday am and again in the evening and the same today bristol way my plot was like concrete last week i expect it fullof weeds now hope i can get up there before the clay bakes again
marg 1 week till cast is off

[cambourne7]

...it was wet this morning, and we had a few drops this afternoon.

When i dug out some weeds they were nice and wet under the dry crust!!

[simon404]

Had a fair bit last night in Derby, enough to break up some clods to a tilth and finally get some peas and carrots in. Hoping for a repeat performance tonight  :)

[LesH]

     After 21 days without rain, over night we had over half an inch of rain. Its raining at the moment. At least its filled one water barrel, only two to fill.

[coznbob]

Definitely up for a Sussex raindance, I'm going to need a pickaxe soon if I want to do anymore digging!

[Grandma]

OK Sussex. This is getting serious. Today, while trying to dig a wee hole for a sunflower seedling, the tip actually broke off my best little one-piece, all-metal trowel.  :o (I have a pic but the pooter gods won't let me post it ATM.)

SO... it's everything as suggested by Ninnyscrops plus a synchronised rain-dance; a mass car-wash (I'll wash me Zimmer  ;)) and a gala 'hanging out of duvets' day.

Otherwise it's wait for Wimbledon fortnight................ ;)

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's drizzled all night from the look of it.

[greenscrump]

Boogie till your **** drop off ;D in the dust bowl ......

[coznbob]

Ok, have put my washing out, windows are being replaced, have massive holes as I write and am planning to take the kids to the beach after school. So all things being equal should have a storm soon..... (please)

[Grandma]

Herre's the busted trowel I told you about  :o

Great effort, coznbob  - it's looking really black up aloft  ;)

[coznbob]

Blimey, it takes some effort to break one of those!

It is looking a bit darker out there, maybe because I have just put my shorts on ( to join the white legs brigade) and OH said he'll try and home from work early so I can go down the plot!

Oh well, won't complain if we finally do get some.

[Grandma]

I don't do 'effort', coznbob  ;D Gave it up some years ago.

One short, sharp jab of that metal trowel into solid concrete was all it took.

Well -

IT RAINED

- for all of a minute and a half.

Not even enough to turn the sod from pale grey to brown. Soddin sun's trying to come out now.

Perhaps you could try taking the shorts off..........................  Or the roof?  ;)

C'mon, Sussex - we can do better  :) :) :)

[ninnyscrops]

How about a mass window washing session - it'll rain then!  Or perhaps a new coat of paint on the front door (been planning that one for weeks, but consider it's OH turn because I did it last time!).

[Grandma]

Good thinking, ninnyscrops! It worked last time I painted the garage door.  :)

(Still think coznbob should take off the shorts - or the roof  ;D)

Total April rainfall on the Costa Geriatrica

Pickaxe? PICKAXE? How much does it cost to hire a poomatic drill for a day?  ???

[coznbob]

Didn't even see a few drops here!

As for the roof, only just got it fixed after a 3 month wait!

The shorts did come off but were replaced with a skirt pretty sharpish as it got a bit nippy!

WHERE HAS ALL THE RAIN GONE? :o

[cornykev]

We had a light dusting on and off for an hour, it bearly filled a teaspoon.  ;D ;D ;D

[Conker]

It absolutely threw it down here at 2-30am, enough to wake everyone up in the house.  Felt sorry for DD as she has a Velux window which was thundering under the force of the rain.  It was like a summer rainstorm.

DH went out to check our new 100 litre water butt this morning and reckons that it had gone from about 5 litres full to close to 75 litres full overnight.