TallerGirl

TallGirl is 12. Where did the years go (etc etc). A frantic morning of birthday prep for the long-awaited sleepover. Two friends tonight, and another joining us tomorrow at some point.

Last night's rain turned out to be something special. Pretty much everyone had rain in their house last night, roads have been flooded and everyone is a bit shocked by it all. When closing the cold frame last night I kicked over a bucket, and then stood it up again on the steps. So I know it was empty before it started raining. This morning, it had 5 and a half inches (14 cm) of water in it. I didn't even dare go to the veg garden to see what damage there was. The coriander that was hardened off weeks ago is looking rather small and weatherbeaten, and the tomatoes that are too tall to fit in the cold frame are looking rather glum. The forecast is that that's it for a while now... but the sky still looks rather heavy and grey to me.

So, birthday gouter went well, followed by birthday dinner (which Mr B missed as he'd dashed off to Castres to visit the magic Mac man). Now the girls are upstairs with a movie on my laptop, surrounded by nail varnish, popcorn and pistachios. We are watching Star Wars for the four hundredth time, and Mr B's MacBook is slowly but (hopefully) surely being restored to its former self, but working.

There's been some catching up, from Sunday if you care to click back but you're not missing a lot.