Rain, finally.

I woke up this morning to the sweet, sweet sound of raindrops falling. 

It's been very dry here for a good while - summers are hot these days without the relatively frequent thunderstorms that used to come every few days when it was hot and sunny. This morning there was just a little gentle rain, which did not last for long and did not yield much moisture (it was about one litre per square metre), but now we finally have some more, with a good dose of thunder thrown in, and that is very, very good. I hope the thyme in our lawn will get blooming afterwards, and it's also going to make the plants that are still not crispy very happy.

Another happy thing? The Grünes Heupferd in our wintergarden has grown up and is now an adult. At least she has wings now, in the proper size, not just the little stumps.

So. Rain, a grown-up green lady, summer break coming up, and the first tomatoes are also starting to turn red. Plus it looks like my lemon grass did actually survive the Great Grub Attack - something laid eggs in that specific flower pot, and the grubs that hatched from them were too many for the roots of the plant. I found the grubs by chance when looking into the pot and pondering re-potting. Which I then did, of course, and two of the stalks still had some hint of green. One of them is growing again now, jury's still out for the second one, but at least the one is saved and can eventually grow into a proper large plant again.

(The grubs were transferred to the compost heap, where they can eat to their hearts' delight. Without killing my plants!)