Hail to Gardening

Thought I would spend a little time gardening this sunny afternoon ...the last full day of school and so the last full day of time to myself for the summer. The $10 flats of flowers that I got at the Public Market have been calling my name all weekend. So,out come all the seeds and gloves and radio tuned to NPR. And out come the clouds,the distant thunder,the sprinkles and then the cloudburst. In the house for 5 minutes when saw the hail pelting my just planted herbs on the back steps...15 minutes later,it is beautiful and sunny.