Thunderstorm

No damage, I hope, Clarice? Just useful rain?

Good pics, Clarice.
Please send me some of your rain water...:o)
Does your garden look fresher now ?

MMmmmmmmmmm love Thunder storms Clarice ! The air smells so clean & fresh after heavy down pours :) My water butts are inchs from bottom now so could u send them this way plez ;)

Don't worry, Jacque, according to the forecast we're all getting them this week sometime!

I just hope I don't get struck by lightning again...or anyone else on GOY! LOL. I suffered without my daily 'fix'....

OMG U got hit by LIGHTING Spritz ! :/

yes was bad here clarice , part od our tree fell so ive just been out armed with a saw to take the damaged part off, not sure if it was the lightening or the heavy rain but its a large branch and quite heavy,, also i got the worse headache ive ever had while it was lightening, strange buzzing in my head like the sound you get from a pillon when you pass it,, baz thinks im an alien now lol

No damage here but dont know about you San i've never seen the rain bounce so high , and yes the garden looks really fresh, but at same time flatted a few plants, but suppose will bounce back.

yes my poppys took a battering clarice but a couple of buds left to open yet

Your lucky to get some rain.... although not to keen on the storms its not to bad if they come in the night...lol..... we badly need some rain for the garden here on the south coast....

You know last year & year before we where all moaning about the rain, as it never stopped, now we all wonting it to rain, tipical britts are'nt we, never happy as the saying goes.

Just a nice shower would do me lol..... then i wont hav eto get the hose out again tonght....

Same for me Holly, we've not seen a drop for over a week and my butts are totally drained, I suppose the rain machine will have to come out again tonight.

Just a little bit at night would be grand if you can manage that Clarice???

H & K's...........Ian

Good rain. Sen some down here please. Preferably night time like yours. Then I can still work in the morning. I want my cake and eat it don't I? Trouble is, if we don't get lots of rain soon, I'll have no gardening work to do because everything will stop growing!

Ditto Paul..from one gardener to another ! No rain here for ages and so sultry !

No rain here either for ages and hot, hot hot. The grass is brown everywhere and my poor Sophie is having real trouble breathing - can dogs get hay fever I wonder? Keep thinking we might have a storm, but no sign yet.

It Hit 31 today but my car was reading 40 while sitting in supermarket car park !!!!! I like it hot but my rain machine is working overtime :~(

Am I too late to ask for some of your rain, Clarice? Can't remember when it last rained here. I do use my shower water on the garden but that only does a small part, so I try to do a different part each evening. Glad you didn't have too much damage.

Need some as well please but only at night would be nice,dont want any on Sat,though because going to see Take That at Wembley.( Im still a kid really,lol).....

It's nice to have a storm sometimes. It freshens the air :o)

We're not due any until Friday at least !! :~(((

Oh yeah, thats tomorrow isn't it........

I've just checked, Ian, and 'yes' it's Friday tomorrow, except when it's tomorrow it will be today, but will still be Friday :)

eerrr ?

It's rained here a few times in the last month but it just dries up so quickly with the wind and sun. Rained heavily for a couple of hours last \friday and \saturday

We've just had rain again here since about 10am till about 2-30pm, so what i used out of water butt yesterday as just been topped up again, and have to say it feels fresher now.

Guess who left the down pipe out of their Butts while it Poured it down this morning ? Didn't catch a drop :~(((

Ian what you like, next time, its given rain of & on for most of the weekend, its lovely again here now.

i got the BBQ out at tea time ,it then chucked it down ,result wet burgers

I eish it would chuck it down here Detectorist. 20 minutes rain is all we got in the early hours!

We had 5mm overnight, then just a few drops today. More is forecast, but I shall not hold my breath!

They keep saying rain or showers in our area but we mostly miss it!

You do live in a dry corner, don't you! We get the prevailing wind here, so we get more rain as well - usually.

Yes, Our particular part of Essex seems to be one of the driest parts in the country!

Not good for gardening! :-(

No, particularly as it dries the lawns up which then don't grow and then I don't earn much money. Us gardeners, never satisfied!

We've had heavy rain again this afternoon, lasted about hour or so, i think not to bad as i'm using water out my water butts this last few days, there getting topped up again.

The clouds have been rolling over us - but not stopping! lol.

Well thought we'd had are rain for today, but its started pouring it down again.

The clouds are getting blacker and blacker, Clarice!

Its funny weather here, its raining with the sun out at the moment. Although there are some big clouds.

We had some rain today, 17 drops !! :~(((

No good Ian you'll have to come over on daytrip to seaside, and take some back with you.(lol)

Shall I fetch a bucket?

Did you count them Ian??? Not a drop here. Intensly hot (I've got a headache) and heavy cloud for part of the morning but bright sunshine in afternoon/evening!

Snap Paul, except for the 17 I counted !

Make sure its a big one, and no holes in it, or you'll be going home saying, there's a hole in my bucket.(LOL)

Dear Liza...Dear Liza

Now you making me laugh, Ian(lol).

We try to please LOL

Thats what its all about,

They never shoot the clown.

They kick him up the bum instead.....Oops....am I allowed to say that :) will I get struck off.....hope not.....was just a joke Ian...honest:)))
I was going to say that we have had lots and lots of rain and the plants have growed and growed... a bit like Topsy. My dahlia plants look like triffids (no I haven't planted those seeds yet)..:))

Your plants sound like Lampton's Worm :~))

We had 3 mm overnight, and none today.

Cracking pics Clarice!