Dotty Parker

rainy days

Yesterday it was ninety degrees outside. Today it's less than seventy. What's that all about?

Hot days always make me tired. It seems like an effort to walk anywhere or to look up past your shoes since the sun is saying hello in a most insistent way.

I also sunburn a lot.

So yesterday I didn't garden, but I did run around town a lot. And it was hot.

Today it's raining. It only started raining an hour ago, but it looked like it would rain all day long. It was a day for planning and contemplation. I decided that plants I'd bought had been in pots for too long. I was determined to plan the garden so that I can plant it and it will look as fabulous as can be.

It took me all morning and some of the afternoon to plan the garden. (I'm still not happy with the daylilies. Where do I put orange and red when I always pick lovely cool blues and whites?) When I had completed my plan, I walked outside to get the box of daylily bulbs.

Upon the deck were raindrop spots. They'd just started. It does seem strange that I delayed until I wasn't willing to work outside, doesn't it? Still, I went out and set the plants where they would go, deciding if they were crowded or not or if they looked the way I'd planned.

I got rained on. And I didn't melt or die. That's a line I never wanted to cross--working in the rain. These things happen, though, often when you least expect it.

Like the way the rain comes just when it's supposed to.

Posted by dotty at June 10, 2004 02:42 PM