While it rains, what do you do lol?

[MrsC]

Just wondering, we get out there in between showers! What else keeps you occupied????

[rustylady]

Working full time, sorting out beestings on Grandson, cleaning, cooking, shopping and all the boring stuff. I used to enjoy reading and embroidery but never seem to have the time these days.

[sewer rat]

Just put on the waterproofs and keep going - but if it gets real wet, I might skive into the polytunnel and spend a while pinching out side shoots and tying in my toms and cukes

[cms]

I too like to pull on the waterproofs and do some weeding and tidying or take the dogs out; but when the weeding is done and the dogs (complete with damp doggy smell!) are curled up on their beds - card making / scrap booking

Cathy

[Digger-07]

Do much needed lesson preparation which always gets put off otherwise.

[ugly gourd]

I have a feeling there is going to be alot of babies in 9 months time not me I hassen to add!!

[TonyF]

I usually end up on line reading what's going on here and on a couple of other Forums - alternatively, I'm working.

[pigletwillie]

I can usually find something that needs to be done in the workshop. At the moment there is a huge pile of kindling wood that wants splitting, there are also things to mend or make, pricking out to do and if I feel lazy, sit down on the day bed in front of the log fire and read.

[TPeers]

Usually try to get on with boreing things like ironing or general housework, alternatively settle down to some work (of which I should do more). For fridays rain I paced around then, when to soak away failed to absorb the flow had a nice little panic and waded out to rescue the hens from drowning!

Only Blackie was really in trouble - 3" of standing water in the run and lapping into the coop, so caught her and set up a temporary 'run' in the kitchen!

The other three had the option of going up the ramp to their house two foot above the water.......

[Flummery]

Make quilts. I attach a pic of the quilt I finished a couple of weeks ago - for my neice Ruth's wedding in 2 weeks time (cutting it fine - It's been in the making for over a year!). If you have good eyesight you'll spot the silver cup I won at the local village show for Best Handicraft. - If you've got it, flaunt it, they say!

[bramble]

Flummery, thats a lovely quilt. Did you do it by hand or machine. I do a little bit every once in a while but have mostly just made cushion covers. Have been doing a little bit of patchwork on a quilt for my grand-daughters bed but don't get a lot of time. would love to hear more about it.

[laura g]

my father in lawy has just sold his house. blummin inconvenient because the 10000 books we have stored with him have got to come down to us.

aaaargh!

which means i have to limit my fiddling in the garden, training (who am I kidding, playing with) my hell hounds and remember i'm an antiquarian book dealer.

very difficult. all too easy to get stuck into reading the stock! at the moment i'm into a 1914 book of the pig and a very nice 1861 forest and gardens of south india. oh and a 1905 cooks poultry breeder and feeder too.

god i'm useless.

[Hazel at the Hill]

Gotta know your product, Laura!

Sounds like the perfect job....if you can bear to sell any of your stock..!

[Madasafish]

Drink. The perfect solution.

[Flummery]

Flummery, thats a lovely quilt. Did you do it by hand or machine. I do a little bit every once in a while but have mostly just made cushion covers. Have been doing a little bit of patchwork on a quilt for my grand-daughters bed but don't get a lot of time. would love to hear more about it.

Most (but not all) of the blocks were machined Bramble. I like to do hand piecing though and usually have some in my bag to take with me for train journeys etc. The quilt was put together by machine but was entirely hand quilted (which explains the time it took!). Nice to meet a fellow quilter here.

Flum