As a Californian I am conditioned to be ever so grateful for any rain that we get but my goodness was this weekend trying. It has been raining since Wednesday or Thursday and I am OVER it. We just had the most boring weekend in history. I was so productive last week and managed to throw out my back in the process so there wasn’t a whole heck of a lot I could have done anyway.
I just wasn’t inspired to do anything other than look at YouTube videos of mail art. I did start a little craft project that is actually for Christmas so I can’t quite share that just yet. I am trying to get better at planning blog posts so when Monday rolls around I’m not scrambling for post ideas (Ahem. Today being a case in point.)
Christmas is ages away but I have to take inspiration when it strikes.
I ventured outside during a brief lull in the rain to snap a few pictures. The flower beds are looking a bit untidy with all the dropped petals and unruly growth but there is a beauty to that I think. I see someone has been nibbling on my violets.
Speaking of unruly growth…
The Cecile Brunner is threatening to take over the shed. It is massive. If you ever need a vigorous and fast grower to cover a fence or wall plant a Cecile. She will do the trick. We planted our pergola with a Cecile Brunner on the middle post to quickly cover the structure and then planted a New Dawn on either end for continuous flowering during the Summer and Fall. As lovely as Cecile is, she mainly just has a single blooming period in the Spring.
I don’t know what this little rose is. It is a miniature that Rick gave me for Valentine’s Day last year. I enjoyed her inside for a few weeks and then planted her in a wire basket with some trailing flowers.
Here is a little video I took of the rain. I took it on my cell phone so the quality isn’t great but you get an idea of what the weather has been like all weekend. I think my next big project will be to build an ark.
