Did you do a rain dance

We were getting desperate for rain. Not only in the gardens as you can always carry buckets of water for these but in the fields. We have  some stony land on hillsides which when there is constant heat and sun they just burn off and there is no grass for the animals to eat.  The crops are not grow , the grain will not fill out on the stalks if there is no rain and we will have droughts . So as much as I have enjoyed the sun and the warmth we  were ready for a steady steam of rain.
So batty as I am I thought I must follow in the footsteps of the native American Indians and do a rain dance. And as my dancing feet  are not like they used to be when we used to 'rock around the clock" and Jennifer and I used to make regular trips to the Grand in Scarborough on a Friday night and show those townies what country girls were made of.  When we could balance on 6 inch heels and dance the night away.  Have 3 hours sleep and be up bright and breezy to start work ....those were the days...
Instead I did a gentle jig around the circular garden in front of the house..That is maybe why we got steady rainfall instead of a deluge.  A deluge after all this time of being dry would not have done any good.It would not have sunk in and probably caused more bother than what it was worth. The roses would have been battered to death and the peony would have lost their petals overnight.

So as the day went on the sunshine came back and we were reward with the most amazing fresh and flowery scents of the garden. Sorry I cant send you the smell but can share a few of the flowers with you. The sheep and the cattle are happy too as their pastures are refreshed and lets hope it rains gently for the next 2 weeks and nature will bring back the green grass, otherwise I will have to get my dancing shoes out again.

Coming to Life In an English Country Garden

I wonder how many Aprils have been as dry and sunny as 2020.  Every morning we wake up to blue skies . We are totally blessed in this green and pleasant land even in this Coronavirus time .

We love to share our garden with guests so send you a few photos to say it is still here . The sights, the smells ,the sounds. 

I am also helping in my dads garden this year he is way ahead of me with vegetables having got over 100 onions planted they are coming up now. So are his peas and potatoes. 

My tomatoes look miserable specimens next to his but I am trying. 

It is still cold and frosty when the sun goes down and so I reluctant to put my geraniums and other flowing pots  out yet as they have serve me well through the winter and provided us with a  small show of flowers since I bought them in last Autumn. So they are all sitting in the porch way as it would be cruel to let them die now .

The  Clematis well out and another is climbing up a drain pipe It is a Jackmanii which is the earliest flowering one I know of and if rampant growing up the acacia tree too .

The last photo is of my bird of paradise plant but it will only go out in June for a couple fo months. We are lucky to get one flower a year which lasts for weeks but up to now has not obliged by opening