RedGage

Well that was a surprise. When I looked out the window this morning all the water in the yard had almost vanished.  I had not expected that at all – not considering the amount of rain that continued to fall last night.

I wish I could say the same for the garden. I was is desperate need of some potatoes for dinner tonight and had to wade through a foot of water to get into the garden.  I made the mistake of stepping onto the soil and promptly sank so deep I thought I might be stuck. I had an image in my head of wading back through the water in my socks, while behind me the tops of my abandoned wellies would just be visible above the mud of the potato bed. I did manage to dig (if that is the correct word to use perhaps “scoop” would be better) a few tatties , so wet they were almost pre washed! They still made great chips.

Poor Sadie does not like all this water. At one point yesterday she jumped out of the door onto a slab that was above the water level and stood there whining. Today she was a little better and waded through the water with me. However she was filthy by the time I got back to the house and had to suffer the indignity of having her paws cleaned before I would let her in the kitchen.