Rain!

Wowie! It's a good thing I enjoyed the sunshine yesterday, because last night, the storms moved in.

It rained, and it rained, and it rained .... As A.A. Milne says in Winnie the Pooh.

And my favourite little rain chant:
The rain is raining all around
It falls on field and tree.
It rains on the umbrellas here
And on the ships at sea!

Rain always makes me smile. Icy cold or soft and warm, little misty dribbles or pounding driving drops, it's all good.

But rain also always makes me think, so here's some of the stuff I thought of today!

• A few drops of essential oil in the toilet reservoir, or a little liquid potpourri; smells good!
• Inexpensive mild or unscented lotion, with some lavendar leaves crushed into it
• Cheapie baskets, or thrift-store baskets, or hand-made honeysuckle vine baskets, with ribbon laced through the weaving or the handles (right now, orange and black and harvesty colour ribbon!)
• Unpick a short seam on a stuffed toy, and push in a few tablespoons of a yummy herb like lavendar, or a dried vanilla bean, or some sage, and then sew it back up; or do the same with a throw-pillow
• Clean one closet, top to bottom, side to side. Pack up seasonal clothes; sort out charity or yard-sale items; cut up favourite but unwearable clothes for quilt blocks to use later as bed covers, placemats, or even pot holders

Have a lovely rainy day!