A sudden downpour the other day led to immense pleasure for Phoebe as she discovered the pure joy of sticking your tongue out and letting the rain water cascade from our bit of un-plumbed guttering down on top of her, her head and then her whole body. Finally, amid shrieks of delight and non-stop giggles she was standing there, shivering, soaked and happy, as naked as the day she was born!
Her favourite book lately has been The Waterfall's Gift, which we finally had to take back to the Library, after extending it's issue already... a waterbaby for sure.
bewitched by these incredible 
drops and droplets hanging on everything we looked at as if all the fairies had left their jewels out all over the place in some grand fairy jewellry display - but it was just me!
This is what gardeners do on days like this when they can't garden - they marvel at how many pairs of gloves they have, dripping themselves fresh and clean on the line...
A sudden downpour the other day led to immense pleasure for Phoebe as she discovered the pure joy of sticking your tongue out and letting the rain water cascade from our bit of un-plumbed guttering down on top of her, her head and then her whole body. Finally, amid shrieks of delight and non-stop giggles she was standing there, shivering, soaked and happy, as naked as the day she was born!