Let it rain

It's been really dry this spring, but this morning the bottom fell out. The robin nesting outside my bedroom window was all hunkered down over her pale blue eggs. Under the opaque sky, the grass and trees were glowing green with their early spring leaves. Rainy spring days are some of my favorite (except when I have to walk outside).

The downpour gave me a chance to see/remember where the great waterfalls drain from my gutterless roof. Turns out the spot that had seemed perfect for a hydrangea transplant was bare because it's the exact target point for a gush of rainwater. Oops! Guess I'll have to dig up what's left of the tiny hydrangea (it only has about five leaves) and relocate it again.