For the past four years, we have kept rainfall records based on the amount of rain collected in our rain gauge. We have a lovely spreadsheet where we record the numbers by the day, with monthly and yearly totals. We have graphs! The spreadsheet provides valuable information about the microclimate at our place.
I also keep records of minimum and maximum temperatures, carefully recorded every day in my diary. When read in conjunction with the rainfall records, it is an invaluable resource for me when I decide what to do in my garden and when to do it. It takes a while to gather enough useful information but it’s definitely worth doing.
This brings me to my three things on this Thursday.
It has rained every day for a couple of weeks. Sometimes it’s light drizzle all day and other times it’s heavy showers. I’m beginning to wonder if the sun will ever shine on us again.
My hair does not respond well to the humidity. If you want a hairstyle that looks lovely immediately after I wash and dry it, I have one. If you expect it to stay that way, it doesn’t. Frizzy hair, every day it rains.
I put the flannelette sheets on the bed for the first time this year. The nights have been single digit temperatures and that’s usually my signal for the grand seasonal changeover of the sheets. Cosy.