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For those in our area who were looking for a sunny & warm Memorial Day holiday weekend to start off their summer, they are sorely disappointed. Clouds moved in Friday afternoon (after a cool & very blustery week). We’ve had showers beginning Saturday evening off/on & had 1/4 inch of rain in the gauge when I checked before going to bed last night. This morning, the rain gauge shows 3/4 inch. We’re supposed to have showers off & on through Wednesday.

For all the transplants we did this spring, the rain we’ve gotten at fairly regular intervals has been great: the boxwoods are growing, the hydrangeas are starting to bloom, the lavender is blooming & the hostas that got moved look great. I was worried about the hydrangeas because I had to cut some large roots to move them, but with daily watering for the first week or so & a location that is much better for them, after about 2 weeks of looking punk, they have perked up & are putting out quantities of leaves, now blooms. Hydrangeas are a sentimental favorite - my Granny had them on one whole side of the house, the side that had the door into the large mudroom - this was the door they used all the time since they had a farm/dairy.

So what to do when it’s raining for 2-3 days? Marathon knitting, trying to catch up on projects: 3 prayer shawls for recent widows in our church, the 2nd leg warmer of a pair that are a Christmas present from last year, & a project for the county fair that a friend has been bugging me to enter for at least 3 years. My hands were so cramped up last night I had to break out the hemp + emu oil cream. Back at it again today while watching the rain fall & the robins hunting worms in the front field. A male bluebird likes sitting on the ramp rail where I can see him - shaking the rain out of his beautiful blue feathers.