Shelf life

It rained hard today. It's brought the temperature down to comfortably cool (almost chilly tonight) and made the plants in the yard perk up and stand taller - all except our lettuce seedlings, which are lying down flat.

There have been strong breezes, too. Late in the afternoon, when the rain was over, I was tending the vegetable patch when we heard a mighty crack from high above, and a large branch came crashing down behind me - a little unnerving.

All the rain has mostly kept us indoors today, though. I made the Man laugh by setting to and relining the pantry shelves (tatty and floral) with some new sticky-backed plastic. Fair enough, of all the jobs in the house that need doing, this was probably not the highest priority. But isn't it satisfying when you can liven up a whole area with very little effort and in less than half an hour. It's the kind of home improvement I like best.