Raining.....again!!

mother nature at her best!

What great pics!!!!
Nice to see you made use of your day regardless of the weather :)

Lovely photos Scottish, I also think the garden looks gorgeous after the rain, love your web pics, there like crystal chandaliers (spelling) I went for a walk round my back garden tonight and it had a lovely glow that you only get in autumn, took some pics with my old camera as the newer better one is broke, I cant view them as my card reader is now broke, not too worried as i dont think they came out well. You captured the colour of your garden brilliantly :)
are you expecting gale force winds! we are expecting them on monday :(((

PS did the decking turn out nice :)))

I agree it always looks so fresh and clean, your photo`s are really good, I love the web shots and the rain drops on the foliage are really lovely.
Admit I had a chuckle at the thought of you getting a wet bum ,something I often do as well, lol, also have a habit of putting things in safe places then can`t remember where they are......

I just love this,Scottish,and your pics are superb..love them all with the raindrops,and the spiders webs as well..
Sorry you had another rainy day,and hope it improves for you..We were so lucky,as it was nice here,and warm,so got lots of little jobs done outside.thank you for sharing your garden...I really enjoyed it :o)

Thanks Numbty, Lil and Daisy.
You will notice there are more pictures since you viewed this...I hit the publish button by mistake!!
Yes Numbty....mother nature is fascinating. At the risk of sounding sexist, a man couldn't do half as much :)
Lil....I like to keep myself busy, I have sunny and wet jobs lined up for tomorrow! Of too brothers for a meal tomorrow night, so may not be up for doing much on Sunday!!
The garden is gorgeous at this time of the year isn't it Daisy - shame about your camera. I dont have a camera, I just use my phone. I have one on my list for Santa :)
Apparently we do have winds forecast on Monday - my son's girlfriend just informed me, whilst she was rubbing it in that they were off to Cyprus on Wednesday.
...and yes the decking came up OK. It really needs treated with something now, but I can't make my mind up which colour I like. That will wait til next year now!

Lincslass, sitting on the back step is always where I sit and contemplate....I sit here when I first get up in the morning and enjoy the sun. I don't have a little seat in this area to enjoy the morning sun. Nothing worse than knowing you have something but not being able to put your finger on it immediately! Thanks for your lovely comments.

Thanks for reading Bloomer and thanks for the compliments.
The rain hasn't been too bad this week - short showers, so have been able to get lots done. But that's another blog!! Glad you had better weather and got all your jobs done.

Your pictures and those raindrops look really beautiful!

Thanks Sticki :)

Oh now you're just showing off! Haha, those photographs were absolutely incredible. I'm completely bowled over by the two "Creating a little bridge between the box and the physocarpus" shots. But all of it's great. I enjoyed the edging of the smokebush and the pool at the centre of the euphorbia.
Oooh, have you given your angry bronze man a name?
Keep shooting! x

Excellent photography ... well done :o)

What a lovely blog, Scottish...beautiful pictures... :))

Great Pics! love the spiders webs! The sedum one looks totally funky!
I sit on my back step and contemplate too! not today tho raining again and waiting for Sarah to pick me up to go to Dads.
Superb pics henny! :)

Beautifully captured photos. I love rain, and never complain about it, although we have had a bit too much this summer. I'm glad the sun finally came out for you :o)

Thanks Tralamander....for your comments :) He doesn't have a name yet...just 'Kooki's mate', he sits and stares at it. I think it is in the way when he goes under the path and he gets ratty when he doesn't move!
Terratoonie, thank you :)
Karen, thank you for you kind words. I've decided to dedicate all the paint work going on to the workers on the Forth Bridge, who will be 'finally' finished painting it for the next 25 years. Did you /readhear it on the news over there?
That will be with a fag and a coffee Pixi :) Hope you had a good day out at your dads :)
Hywel...thank you very much for your nice comments :)

oh aye lol :)

No, Scottish! Do you mean that they're going to stop? What does that mean for the bridge??

I saw it on TV,Scottish..some kind of new paint that will last for that length of time,I believe..

Oh! Well, let's hope it works...or, if it doesn't, that they find out in time...poor painters, not a job for life now...

I remember crossing that bridge in a steam train, driven by my Grandad...

Well at leaast it might look nice! always there is scaffolding all over it..but I do feel for all the workers who will be out of a job..some have worked there for yearsssssssss! I can see the two bridges from my studio window..well most of them.
Omg K your Grandad drove trains? how exciting! :)

There is that, Pixi...
Yes, my Grandad used to get free passes...we used to go everywhere with my Gran...Our favourite journey was to Ardrossan and the Waverley paddle steamer!

Cool! You were lucky! :)

Oh yes...changed days...!

Sigh....

Just like my OH,only he was a fireman to the driver on Steam trains..His dad worked on the railways,as a platelayer,and his uncle as well.I remember his mum and dad using their free passes to go on holidays too..:o)

Cool:)

Ha! Bloomer, I bet that he had lots of stories to tell...:)))

They all had,Karen,and I used to love listening to them..:o)

Me too... :)

When my Nana wo lived with us was sitting in her chair knitting she would say bring the stool ower lassie till a tell ye a wee story..not sure if they were true..but I loved it! She was funny!

Ah! Me too, Pixi...a wee three legged stool, it was...!
I don't think I've got any stories to tell...shame...
...but when wee Ruaridh was here, I was surprised how many of the songs came back to me...

I loved our three legged stool as well..and stories...how many lovely memories we have..I am starting to do the singing bit too..poor kid,having to listen ! :o)

Heehee! Bloomer...it's wonderful that they don't seem to mind how bad it is!!!
Not for 'general consumption' though! :))

I'm no Adele,Karen ! LOl.

heehee! SIMW, Bloomer! btw...who's she?? Only kidding...but only just!!!! lol!

Yes it was a three legged stool! lol

Whatever happened to those three-legged stools???

Bit early for SIYW,isn't it Karen ? Lol...ok then..Vera Lynn! hee hee..
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Okay! Enough already!...you caught me at a sentimental moment... and, I CANT REMEMBER Vera Lynn...didn't she die before I was born? Hmmm?

Definitely not,Karen..she is still alive !!!!Lol...but much much older than me ! :o).It makes me feel like a Spring Chicken ! ha ha..

lovely pics , enjoyed it very much .........................

Thank you Cristina :)

All together now..we'll meet again lala alala laal alalala laaaaaaaaaaaa

Ok...lala alala laal alalala laaaaaaaaaaaa.....:o)sorry,I was almost out of tune..with the last lot of a's..Lol..

OH BLOOMER!!!!!! Go to the back of the class!

Where I mostly used to be then ! no change there..
but it was mainly my choice..:o)

hahah me too but I had no choice lol..always getting into trouble for talking in class..God I must have written a billion times I must not talk in class hehehe

Talks too much....easily distracted?....that was me too!

Me too..and do you remember.."has the ability,but lacks concentration..could do better ? "Lol.

Have you been reading my old report cards bloomer...lol!

Soooh! All the same there, then....................! lol!

Lol,Scottish,and Karen.... as this was the bog standard comment by most of the teachers..I sort of guessed a lot of us got this :o).I remember staring out of the window,as the lesson was sooo boring,and the Blackboard rubber came flying across my desk,as the teacher said "yes,Sandra,they are cows" !..I felt like replying that I knew,as there was one standing in front of me..can you imagine if I had ?? Detention for ever !! Lol.

Aaaah, Bloomer! Sharp intake of breath! Unimaginable!!...
...and worse waiting at home, if it ever happened!!!!!!

Do you remember when the sellotape tin was the precursor of the 'frisbee'??....In the teacher's hand, not good! :(((

Anything on the teacher's desk was the precursor to the frisbee was it not :))
We had a biology teacher who used to through bull's eyes at pupils who were not paying attention....ah school days - great, no worries, no cares and no idea!!!!!

Oh yes,Karen..and that wooden ruler across the knuckles!not good either...

OMG LOL! I think we are all of the same ilk! lolol
I got a blackboard duster thrown at me for reading a book ( about pixies and elves by the way) It missed me by about 1/2'' ! If it had hit me he would have knocked me out for sure!
Because my friend and I were always talking in class(she was clever and had no need to pay too much attention whereas I wasnt and should have lol) we decided to learn the deaf and dumb alphabet..so when we wanted to talk we would cough to get attention then say whatever in sign language. I was away at the back of the class by this time..Lynn was at the front. One day she was coughing trying to get my attention and Mr Millar was standing right besdie her desk ( she hadnt noticed) so I ignored her lol, then he said what on earht are you doing girl! get over to my room at once and wait there! it was playtime..he told me to wait behind..asked what was going on..i thought Lynn will tell the truth so I told him..he smiled slightly and said off with you out and play! When he asked Lynn who was waiting in his room..she had thought Carol will lie..so she made up some silly excuse about having a bad cold ..she got 3 of the belt and kept in for break! lolol
See it pays to tell the truth...or does it...

I would have done the same as Lynn :)

So would I... :)

Normally so would I but as she was always such an honest person I thought omg what is she going to say..she will tell the truth no doubt..ah well..she ended up wi the sair arse! lol

Lol,Pixi..what are friends for? :o))

Great pics, Scottish. How did you manage with the winds? The gales did not seem as bad as was expected - although we did have 72 mph winds recorded locally! It did not seem as bad as the May storms. Got some cotinuses (cotini?) that have been loosened but fortunately, I got out and trimmed back the most leggy perennials and the staking on my young rowan seemed to do the job this time around.

Thanks Somhaile....painting fences in such wind is not recommended for those with a nervous disposition :)
Was on annual leave and what turned out to be painting and putting up 2 trellis ended up being all the fences, shed, more trellis....the list goes on.
All should be finished by this weekend, I hope!!

My goodness that's a power of work, Scottish! I knew by your absence that something big was happening!
We should get to see before I go? :))

I think so Karen.....I'll try get a blog done over the weekend. I came back to work for a rest :))

Things in common with the Rainy City then? Spiderwebs are fantastic...Nothing beats Cotinus and raindrops.

Yes. I think we have that in common too! Yes nothing much beats the Cotinus in the rain. It's raining here as we speak P :)

Fabulous blog Scottish . . . the raindrops on webs are lovely, and the raindrops on the Verbena just magic!

Lovely photos :o)

Thank you Sheilabub and Annella :)