The wonderful, needed rain is here. Hour by hour you can see the difference in the color of the grass. The tips of the lilac branches are getting fat, ready to push out a new leaf. It has been keeping Dennis busy scooping the Maple tips out of the Koi pond. The rain is keeping Butter Ball and Snuggles in the porch for a day of napping. I can attest to the napping . . . I caught one myself after we had been out to the Super 8 for a bit of a workout.