Another Rainy Day

It rained most of the day today. Here's what the birdbath looked like almost all day. There were a few times when the rain petered out but mostly it just rained. The jelly dish is full of water but I'm not going to empty it and refill it with jelly until tomorrow when it's not supposed to rain.

Around suppertime the rain stopped for a short time so I went out to take flower pictures. The Stella d'Oro lilies are bursting in blooms. Most of the eleven plants along the retaining wall are full of flowers. They'd look perkier if they weren't weighed down by the rain but beggars can't be choosers. Rain is better than drought like we had last summer.

Then I went over to the orange day lilies and took their picture not through the window and the screen. Much clearer. These are a little fancier than the old-fashioned orange day lilies that live in the shadow of the forsythia bush and below the kitchen window. Those are just plain orange. 

Today's bird painting is a Hummingbird. This is not my best work. I drew it too big for the paper so the wings are stunted and the foxglove is crammed on the edge of the page. I like the colors even though they're not real Hummingbird colors but that's about all I like about it.

No bird pictures today. Most of them stayed out of the pouring rain except for a few Sparrows and a Chickadee or two.

I spent the evening watching episodes of Bridgerton on Netflix. I'd watched the first episode of the season and none of the others. Some of the chat at knitting on Thursday was about the show but they were careful not to give too many spoilers. I promised to spend the weekend catching up. Only four more episodes to go!

--Barbara