Of roses and rainfall

We don't have a ton of roses in our yard, but the few we do have can be really pretty — especially these pale pink roses. All these are on a single rose bush that grows in the middle of a big patch of white daisies. It just comes back and flowers all by itself every year.

It was hot yesterday, and it's supposed to be even hotter today. Accuweather says to expect an afternoon high of 88ºF (31ºC). Météociel, the other internet weather service we watch, is more conservative — it says to expect a high of 27ºC. That's only 80ºF.

Our gardening focus is vegetables, not flowers. Meanwhile, Accuweather says not to expect a high temperature above 78ºC for the rest of the month of June. And to expect quite a bit of rain — 125 mm, which is nearly 5 inches and 2½ times the monthly average. I'm writing this down so that I can check and see how "accu" Accuweather has been when the end of the month rolls around.

Meanwhile, all this talk of cool, rainy weather is keeping Normandy on my mind. The people in charge of gardening at this house in Normandy when I took the photo in June 2004 were obviously focused on growing flowers. It had just stopped raining that day — temporarily.