Rude awakening

At 5:30 this morning we were woken by rain hammering on our bedroom window.  We lay there listening to the wind howling and the rain for a while then decided we obviously weren’t going back to sleep.  It was a waiting game to see who was going to go and make the drinks, I won and snuggled back down with my book.

The rain continued well past breakfast and we feared we would be stuck in all day. Fortunately by 10 it had stopped so we went and picked up some netting then fiddled about til after lunch before going for a walk.

We had been out for about 20 minutes when the first rumble of thunder was heard in the distance, by the time we got to Houghton Meadows this was happening 

Fortunately we managed to stay dry and the storm passed over quickly leaving behind sunny skies, though still very breezy

The river was running fast over the weir today it has been very quiet recently but with so much rain last night it was obviously well topped up.

Eastside Common looking lovely in the sunshine, cows peacefully grazing and only a couple of dog walkers

Crops coming through - straight lines

So glad we went out and enjoyed the afternoon, sometimes it’s good to ignore the forecast.  

Allotment tomorrow morning and haircut and blow dry in the afternoon. I am happy to report my hairdresser prior to Covid is now working two days a week in a new salon in the village so pleased he has decided to get his scissors out again. I’m looking forward to hearing what he’s been up to

Weekend - rain stops play

Goodness its been some kind of weekend.  Beautiful on Saturday.  Then storms again on yesterday.  Fortunately our area didn't get subjected to as much rain as Friday, but enough to put pay to our picnic meetup with friends and family.  Luckily we have been able to reschedule for a date later this month, only down side was we missed seeing the boys.

So what did we do with our Sunday?  Its really odd when you have plans and then they don't happen, its like, well, what do we do now! Rachel, Stu and Jess came down and we did manage to get out for a walk between rain storms so that was a bonus.  We got to play with Jess, do some knitting and generally just laze about.

Google put this together from 3 photos I took

Ten minutes later

It was also very windy

Jess is making her first foray into food and seems to be more than happy with it.

She also is getting the hang of trying to sit up by herself

and finally one to grow into.  The pattern is Square Neck Top by Debbie Bliss.  I used a DK weight yarn for this and just made the necessary adjustment to the pattern.  It worked out well and I am more than pleased with it.