Red Rain

So I never thought I'd say this amidst a wonderful sunny summer afternoon but I want rain. A solid continous everything gets wet when you walk to the car kind of rain. Rainy days are a nice change of pace, they have a sort of refreshing feel to them. All the plants and the lawn and the trees have a satiated look to them and every non living thing seems a bit cleaner, brighter, and rejuvenated.

We have had 1 day of solid appreciable rain fall in the past month. I'm not some sort of gloomy person that derives pleasure when it's grey and rainy, I love a sunny and 75 degrees kind of day anyday. But this is crazy. Crazy. Our lawn looks like a dirt road and our trusty rain barrell is empty.

Our rain barrell has saved our bacon this summer: holding every scant drop of moisture the heavens threw our way so we can keep our illustrious garden going. Without any of the wet stuff falling out of the sky these days we've resorted to drastic measures. Yep. We finally caved and turned on our hose to water the garden. It felt awkward cumbersome, and unfamiliar. We obviously use water in our every day lives but this was different. Our rain barrell had done such a wonderful job it had become our standard when watering the garden, and we didn't worry about giving the tomatoes a little extra moisture because hey it's free! Now it's over. Well, until the next rain which is predicted for Tuesday. Rain rain come back anyday you'd like!