... a nice soft rain that's been falling all day long again. I haven't seen any more of those yellow butterflies... guess they don't much like the rain either.
The two barn swallows are still up in their nest by the back steps. I make a point to look for them every evening, and there they are, perched up on their nest and looking down at me. I've been talking to those birds every day since they were teeny-tiny, and I'm thinking that they do know me and trust me not to hurt them.... they don't even move when I walk by their nest. They just look at me with tilted heads..... "there she goes again." So cute. I wonder how long they're planning to stay. Mostly all of the other barn swallows have moved on. Maybe these two particular birds don't like flying in the rain. Can't say as I blame them..... I don't intend to take my car out of the garage till the sun is shining again.
With all this rain, I haven't had to stand outside with the hose to water the flowerbeds. Just who planted all that stuff anyway? Seems like it took the better part of an hour every morning to get everything watered well..... and then another watering in the late afternoon if the temperature got up to or over 100 degrees. I can fully understand why Texas gardeners have such respect for cactus plants...... they thrive with or without watering, no matter what the temperature happens to be.
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