There is a song by Flanders and Swan that is a parody of the children's nursery rhyme "January brings the snow."

I think the lyric for July goes something like, "In July the sun is hot, is it shining? No, It's not." probably not a direct quote but you get the gist.

So true, so true.

I think it has rained every day now for about 10 days and I am beginning to remember what it was like last year and the year before when the rain seemed to be endless. All the fields are flooded again and this evening I went looking for my husband 45 minutes after he had popped out to feed Sasha her 7pm meal. He was in the barn having brought in 6 shivering ponies. We have probably lost the hay crop again as the farmer hasn't had a couple of dry days to get up here and what has really hacked me off is that I have a split in my wellies and consequently wet feet whenever I venture outside.

After a little while the whole rain thing loses it's charm. After a dry spell, you welcome rain for a day, but not every day. Still it is part of living in Wales I guess, we were told it rained a lot and at least I never have to water my garden. I am annoyed that I seem to have blight in my greenhouse again despite spraying it with whatever I was supposed to spray it with but I am beginning to think it is par for the course.

The new goats are settling in well. I would be happier if Winny was a bit more forward but Dave certainly makes up for that. I decided this afternoon that I would go and sit in the stable with them so they could get to know me a bit better and Dave spent the whole half an hour trying to eat my waterproof while Winny got close enough to be stroked but only with Dave in between us. They have been grazing with my other two goats in the area in front of the house and the distance between them gets smaller all the time, won't be long before I can put them all in a stable together, next week I think will be fine. Soon I shall be able to walk all 4 goats and hopefully the 4 dogs round the field. Even better than before. I really look forward to that moment.