Rainy Tuesday!

Guava Tree After the Rain

It RAINED today!  Woo Hoo!  Not just a drizzle, either, but a proper shower of rain!  Since early this morning until mid-afternoon.  It's 2:30 p.m. now, and the rain has ceased and the sun is shining through a break in the cloud cover.  What a blessing this shower of rain has been!  My garden has been so thirsty for a good drink of water!  And the plants all look so lovely and fresh with the sun shining on the drops of rain.

I tried to photograph the raindrops on the leaves of the cherry guava tree growing outside my dining area window:

My laptop photography skills leaves much to be desired - I just opened the window, stuck the laptop out and pressed blindly, hoping for the best!  :D  You might have to use your imagination to picture the raindrops on the leaves!  Ha, ha.

This tree was pruned, late last year, after a rather poor crop of fruit - poor in the size of each fruit, not quantity.  Cherry guavas are not very big, to begin with (about the size of a small cherry, which is why they are called cherry guavas), but with plenty of water to irrigate the tree, the fruits are soft and juicy.  Without water, however, each fruit is the size of a small blueberry, and tend to be hard and mostly all seeds.  There were plenty of fruit, but most were dry and hard and even the birds didn't want them.  Often we just eat the cherry guavas freshly picked off the tree, but I have also made jelly with the fruit in years past.  Maybe this year, with more rain, my garden might do better.

I am spending the day doing office work, today.  Later, I would like to change my bed sheets, do a load of laundry, and start taking down some of the Christmas decorations. 

In the half an hour it took to take the pictures and write this bit, the sun has been blocked by another bank of clouds!  There might be more rain on the way!  If so, we'll accept it gladly.  After 4 years of drought, we need every drop of rain we get!

Today, I am grateful for:

- Rain!  The gift of water for my garden!
- A good, tight roof!  (I still have some walls and ceilings that were damaged from when my roof leaked!)
- Not having to be any particular place, so not having to drive in the rain (too many accidents when it rains, here)
- A nice long chat on the phone with my cousin who called
- Coffee-flavored meringues made by my friend's daughter

Nothing spent, yet, today.

I had a frozen tamale for brunch and took out a packet of sauted beef from the freezer to thaw for dinner (will add some vegetables to go with it: carrots, green peas, broccoli, etc.).   There's some leftover rice that needs to be used up, as well - time for some fried rice, I think, to go with the beef and vegetables.

How is your Tuesday?