there is nothing like a spring rain...............

There has been a gentle rain for several hours.  Not everyone is having such agreeable weather but we are fortunate. 

The farmers are happily dancing in the barn yards and toasting each other with large steaming cups of coffee.

The country roads although graveled are muddy and have deep ruts so anyone who is smarter than the average bear is not going out on those roads.

The plants around the house are busily drinking all the cool fresh water they can get and the grass is pushing  forth on the lawn by giant leaps! 

The kids are slogging down the bar ditches along side of the roads carefully getting their shoes soaked and their pant legs wet to the knees depending on how tall they are. 

And me?  I am reading a good book, drinking some of that coffee mentioned above and listening to the raindrops splashing in the wet leaves beneath my window.

Mother is sitting in the living room all wrapped up and the cat cuddled up on her lap providing lots of warmth.

Jack is watching the history channel on TV and nursing  an upset stomach since he put on a morphine patch this morning.  There isn't anything to do but take the special tablets for the stomach and drink coke.  So that is what he is doing.

On the patio the neighbor's dog is wrapped around himself as close to the patio sliding door as he can get.  Scally  a crippled cat is also wrapped in a ball in a box outfitted with a fluffy mattress cover folded to provide the most comfort.  Mama kitty is inside the barrel tree enjoying time away from the "children", and blue (gray) long haired cat is sitting on top of the cat tree which provides a large feeding table with his nose in the wind dreaming of "lady"kitties or wayward birds, who knows.

And if you were to drop in...............you could enjoy a large chair, a throw if you were cool, and time for a chat or a nap, depending on your mood.

Peace reigns at Marigold Country Home!