It's raining!

We missed the rain promised for yesterday but today we've had shower after shower and thunder storms rumbling around. The water butts are filling, the garden is being refreshed and we've been able to shelve gardening duty and have been able to go out to look for (wait for it!) garden parasols!
There is a small domestic storm brewing over the right colour, Head Gardener wants a boring conservative green or beige whilst I would prefer something unusual like purple or bright red. Someone is going to be disappointed!!