We had intense storms yesterday. Torrential rain. This is the result:
Yes, my beautiful hydrangeas were pummeled by the rain. I watched as it happened. My experience in the past tells me there’s no way to get them upright again. But I’m going to wait until later today when they’re not so rain-sodden and give it the old college try. Does anyone have any helpful tips?
The grasses in the big garden bed were also smashed down, but I’m pretty sure the sun and I can get them upright again. The hydrangeas? Doubtful.
Crap.
We watched Sense and Sensibility last night, a movie I love but one that Don always thought of as a girls movie. I ran down the list of actors in the cast and he began to rethink his initial assessment. Then, as we watched it, he kept saying, “This is a wonderful movie.”
I told you so.
But Amazon Prime? I have a bone to pick with you. Your thumbnail description says: “Emma Thompson stars in the captivating romance based on Jane Austen’s classic novel of two sisters’ search for love in strict Victorian society.”
Ummm…a big fat NO. It takes place at the end of the 18th Century.
I wonder who wrote that little blurb? I’ve given Feedback to Amazon. We’ll see if it changes.
A while back at the start of spring, I mentioned that a couple of plants hadn’t come back, including the balloon flower.
I was wrong. It did come back and, not only that, it had self-seeded. So now there are 3 or 4 plants. This is what the flower looks like before it opens:
A little balloon.
Then, when it opens:
Aren’t they lovely?
Today, I’ll weed a bit since the ground is so wet. Have to pick up a book at the library. And I’ll work on the hydrangeas. (Sob.) And I’ll read. Mowing tomorrow, I think, the grass is pretty wet right now.
Happy Sunday.
