Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Saturday is the day when I try to catch up on all those annoying jobs that have been nagging at me all week.

Top of the list, was the so-called patch of grass laughing called ‘the lawn’. All the rain we have been having lately has made it grow long, almost too long for my old faithful mower. The grass was still a bit wet, but if I didn’t try to cut it today, it would only get worse.

I could have left it until later in the day, but something told me to do it now. It was hard going, and the mower complained bitterly, constantly jamming up with wedges of sodden grass. This job usually took me just ten minutes from start to finish, but today it took nearly an hour, but it was done. Anita helped to rake up the clumps, and then we went back in doors for a well-earned cuppa.

Twenty minutes later, it began to rain.

Raining doesn’t really describe what happened next. It started to thunder down, looking more like sleet than rain. That was when the hailstones began, gradually covering the ground. We couldn’t believe what we were seeing, not in the middle of September.

This went on for nearly half an hour, creating a deep pile of hailstones that took a while to melt.

Is this any indication of the kind of weather we have coming?

And what about Autumn? My favourite season had better turn up next, but I have to admit it is cold enough already…