It seems the rain hasn’t stopped for days, even weeks 🌧️ and everything is waterlogged. The skies have been grey … and I need to see some sunshine ☀️

Fortunately the weather gods have been kinder the last couple of days and there has been bursts of sun between showers of rain. It’s amazing what an effect that has on my state of mind!

The garden has responded beautifully, so here is The Good 😊

The Bad … well , all those pretty butterflies we admired laid eggs that turned into giant caterpillars that munched their way through the Peace Lily leaving a trail of devastation.

And then there’s The Ugly! The constant rain turned the yard into a bog, and that’s exactly what happened when Dave backed the RV out 😱

What a mess! Planks of wood were shoved under the wheels to try and provide a firm base but the RV was digging itself deeper with every attempt to free it.

The only other alternative was to hook up my old campervan, turn the hubs to 4 wheel drive, put it into 4 low and hope I could tow Dave out. As I took up the slack on the tow rope and built up the revs to pull Dave clear of the mud I had visions of the back half of my van being pulled off instead.

I love being able to finish on a positive note so it’s back to The Good! My old 4×4 campervan, Brutus the Beast, hooked onto Dave’s RV and without a second thought pulled that much bigger vehicle out of the bog! Free at last!