Sun and thunder

Slow morning, gradually crept up, tidied the kitchen and had breakfast. Sat out on the patio under the parasol all afternoon, and Beth came over and hung out with us, which was lovely. She likes talking through the baby business with Lorraine lots, and I really like hearing about it too. 

I also caught up with doing some of this blog, and called Mum to organise seeing her tomorrow in Hampstead. Otherwise today was a happy day of rest.

In the evening some distant thunder and lightning, and two heavy showers of rain, from storms heading across the Channel from France. The driest spring for 67 years apparently. I stood in it as it was falling, in big warm drops but not the steady downpour we need. Still better than nothing. My lightning tracker going off all the time, with thunder in the channel.

We have yellow roses in the front garden which look amazing when next to irises.