Is anybody else praying for rain - the land is parched and arid, desperately in need of a few days of good, steady rain to reduce the soil moisture deficit. The fields are brown, little grass growing for grazing animals, the wheat, barley and other cereal crops need a good soaking to bring them on and plump the grain and trees are starting to show signs of drought stress.
Here, in the South West, my raingauge has recorded less than half an inch of rain since the beginning of March!
When it does come, the land will breathe a huge sigh of relief, soak it up, belch and, like Oliver Twist, ask for more. I cannot wait for it and that gorgeous petrichor smell that will accompany it!
Anyone care to join me in a rain dance