All Manner of Wing-ed Beasts and Lots of Rain

You might be forgiven for thinking that I am talking about dragons - well, almost.  I found a dragonfly poised vertically, almost camouflaged, on a branch of my potted apple tree.

Then there are bees and hoverflies and wasps -  elusive butterflies which don't want to be photographed, and a stripey snail - all spotted during a break in the weather, when the rain stopped and the sun shone, if only briefly.

“The sun did not shine.  It was too wet to play,  So we sat in the house.  All that cold, cold, wet day." Dr. Seuss

Rain

Raymond Carver

Woke up this morning with

a terrific urge to lie in bed all day

and read. Fought against it for a minute.

Then looked out the window at the rain.

And gave over.  Put myself entirely

at the keep of the morning.

Would I live my life over again?

Yes, given half a chance. Yes. 

And then there are the abundance of purple flowers to enjoy.

 

 

 

And for good measure - a leek flower - with a funny hat on.

 

As you can tell, it has been a slow week where nothing much happened - when I have been roaming the house like a caged tiger, waiting for the rain to stop - not being able to settle to anything constructive - running out of new books to read, I have reverted to picking up old favourites to see me through.

I actually cleaned out my preserves cupboard in desperation - finding jars of jam going back to 2009 - oh the shame of it.  But, joy of joys, the sun has come out today - my mood lifted - and I actually took my cardigan off because it was so warm - how long will it last - that is for the weather gods to decide.

And so it is goodbye July

 

 

and Hello August

 

 

Have a good weekend my friends.

 

Elaine