Twilight

Apparently, it's to stay bright tonight until 23.07.

I heard that on the radio today. But, not believing everything I hear, I checked my favorite weather website and it said 'twilight' will end at 22.49. Well that's 18 minutes in the difference between the guy on the radio and the website!!

Hmm....18 minutes can be a long time.I thought I'd put the scientists to the the test and I'm outside now, typing this, waiting....I'm going to stay here until its dark and time it, to see who was right!!

So while I'm sitting here waiting for it to get dark, I'm trying to think of all the things I could do in my little garden with only 18 minutes of daylight left!!

I could wander round the flower beds and pull out all the weeds that have appeared thanks to all the rain...

I could sweep the decking...

I could pick up all the debris left from when next door cut the shrubs that are along the adjoining wall and let all the clippings fall into my garden...

I could clip some of my own shrubs...

I could put away the garden furniture...But, that all sounds like too much effort.

I'd rather just sit here and read my very funny book. (It's called 'My third husband will be a dog'!!)Actually it's quite pleasant out here at the moment, and it's not raining. So I'm making the most of it, because after tonight, according again to the favorite weather website, it's to rain for the next forty days and nights. (I don't know why it's my favorite, when it gives me such terrible forecasts!!).

Well, because it may be some time before I see my garden, garden furniture, shrubs, or even the weeds again, I'm going to just sit here and read and drink coffee and wait for it to get dark and leave all the garden chores for another day....

...I'd tell you about the book, but, it's getting hard to read, the light is fading, fast.....but wait.....it's only 21.59, and I'm not finished my chapter, there should be another hour of light left!! I feel cheated, so much for the scientists and their predictions.

I wonder will they get the one about the rain wrong?