Not Harvest Weather

   The past two weeks here in the east have been a touch damp to say the least, harvest started with the rapeseed being cut but then soon after when the wheat cutting started the rain gods decided to put in an appearance, now we have had nearly two weeks of rain with just the odd dry day here and there. I've gone from watching the harvesting of peas, rapeseed, potatoes and wheat, to now just casting my eye over acres of wet crops and mud filled fields, let's just hope the summer returns soon.

   On the plus side I've spent longer hours making beads as the two days a week I set aside for landscaping the garden have been cancelled due to the weather and I think all who know me will know that makes this old bead hermit very happy. Sometimes even I find it strange how after all these years I still enjoy long days at my torch,  I sometimes wonder how old I will be before it fades. I imagine myself working away well into my 80's sitting at my torch muttering to myself about dodgy glass and why odd ideas just won't work and knowing me I'll be surrounded by beads filling every tiny space, even hanging from the rafters, but I guess that's not such a bad picture to have.