It rained! Not much—only about 5 mm here—but enough to fill the old dish that I use as a bird bath and more than enough to set the cicadas off in their buggy chorus.

This might knock the bottom out of the lawn market on e-Bay...

ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY!!

OWN YOUR VERY OWN HAND-PICKED BLADE OF GREEN GRASS FROM THE FOOTPATH NEAR MY HOUSE. THIS AUCTION IS FOR ONE BLADE ONLY. PLEASE VIEW MY OTHER ITEMS FOR OTHER RARE OPPORTUNITIES.