tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post3873988405652195423..comments2024-03-24T14:37:32.309-04:00Comments on Morning's Minion: Rain, Thunder and Lightning, Mud, More RainMorning's Minionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-33336575965383415292016-05-14T12:48:36.968-04:002016-05-14T12:48:36.968-04:00I can always count on rain in May right at the tim...I can always count on rain in May right at the time the Oriental Poppies bloom. It puts their faces in the mud like mops until the sun comes out a day or two later. Then just as the sun has finally drawn them back upright - there comes the rain again and the cycle repeats itself! Barbee'https://www.blogger.com/profile/11316077390373348067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-16197389393586779552016-05-13T17:18:15.297-04:002016-05-13T17:18:15.297-04:00Ann; I have often run across the term 'water m...Ann; I have often run across the term 'water meadow' in books by English authors--was never quite sure if the wet meadow occurred naturally or through controlled flooding.<br />Our meadows are creek 'bottom land' dry in the planted area but with a wide rim of damp shady ground along one edge and around the pond. <br />'Hardy Country' is a place I would have liked to visit.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-64550607350149054452016-05-13T15:18:17.447-04:002016-05-13T15:18:17.447-04:00Your lovely photo of the wet meadow could be one o...Your lovely photo of the wet meadow could be one of the River Frome`s water meadows in Dorset, where Thomas Hardy set 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles' .<br /><br />The goatlings are delightful,especially the two little grey ones who are keeping their feet dry!Dartford Warblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04352965211143836326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-83055890491917083652016-05-13T11:35:54.956-04:002016-05-13T11:35:54.956-04:00Jocelyn; I'm glad you enjoyed the post. I fear...Jocelyn; I'm glad you enjoyed the post. I feared I was nearing 'rant mode' in my distress over difficult gardening. I'm imaging your weather patterns as similar to our native Vermont [?] Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-43953986891111616682016-05-13T10:56:35.056-04:002016-05-13T10:56:35.056-04:00What a thoughtful,beautifully written post. I enj...What a thoughtful,beautifully written post. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you.Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11770193529950365462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-23461651364167847932016-05-12T16:39:09.727-04:002016-05-12T16:39:09.727-04:00Janet; Weather is SO changeable from one season to...Janet; Weather is SO changeable from one season to another. I'm afraid we may be headed for another sodden and moldy summer such as last year. Disheartening!Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-5690725732538124022016-05-12T16:38:04.144-04:002016-05-12T16:38:04.144-04:00Mundi; I wish I had come up with a descriptive phr...Mundi; I wish I had come up with a descriptive phrase such as 'guttering down rain'---I'm running out of ways to portray the on-going storms! <br />We were out on errands today and saw so many beaten down flowers. [Sigh]Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-20141521058476070992016-05-12T16:35:40.771-04:002016-05-12T16:35:40.771-04:00Jennie; Sometimes I think I 'round-up' my ...Jennie; Sometimes I think I 'round-up' my days so I can recall next week what was going on! <br />I should think the packing, setting up and taking down for flea markets would take quite a bit of time and energy, but it means your wares go to the people instead of waiting patiently for 'lookers' in a shop setting. I'm not sure when 'flat out' can safely ebb into 'retirement!'Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-65388387342823180502016-05-12T09:43:31.208-04:002016-05-12T09:43:31.208-04:00We're having the opposite problem, no rain. T...We're having the opposite problem, no rain. This is the driest spring we've had since we moved here 13 years ago. Mac has to water everything every day. We've had to water the lawn and that's unusual. Doesn't slow the weeds though.Mac n' Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05732924562630675589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-91510356204428588072016-05-12T08:17:26.191-04:002016-05-12T08:17:26.191-04:00We've had a week of 'the dink and the dank...We've had a week of 'the dink and the dank' , all good for transplanting and weeding. Yesterday the sun came out and shone all the live long day. I so appreciate your dismay at the flattened peonies and iris. It seems inevitable and reliable that it will gutter down rain when the peonies, poppies & iris are at their most beautiful. Mundihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07048955416282561932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7314065896417867122.post-58940818808079216702016-05-12T07:38:17.530-04:002016-05-12T07:38:17.530-04:00I loved seeing your wild flowers (and those goatli...I loved seeing your wild flowers (and those goatlings), and of course, your cats. It's good to have a round-up of your day. I need to do similar but am going flat out preparing vintage linen for the next Fleamarket and about to embark on another 3 day working weekend. I hope you get some sunshine (we have today).Bovey Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13117332471600275100noreply@blogger.com