Irish rain.

@xFiacre (13452)
Ireland
April 14, 2025 9:38am CST
My garden looks like it’s smiling in at me as I watch it from the kitchen window. That’s because just after lunch time it saw rain for the first time in over 2 weeks. And it wasn’t just a warm spot of rain, it was a prolonged episode, good growing rain, plentiful enough but not torrential so my seedlings didn’t get washed away. And the garden’s looking good now, refreshed. The flowering cherry is about to come into its own and it should hold its bloom till just before we go on holiday in May. It’s also be great drying the clothes outside instead of having to resort to an expensive to run dryer.
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Fleur
@Fleura (31475)
• United Kingdom
14 Apr
It has been surprisingly dry here the past few weeks as well! I love the smell of things growing after rain.
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Max Crisp
@Orson_Kart (7274)
• United Kingdom
15 Apr
Cherry blossom is a wonderful sight. We’ve also had very little rain recently here in the N-E of England. There was a slight sprinkling over-night, but not enough to satisfy the gardens. There is more forecast for the week ahead, but no heavy downfalls, which are needed for the gardens, and also the reservoirs.
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Bojel
@jobelbojel (36722)
• Philippines
14 Apr
Your garden is huge and is definitely smiling at you.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (350909)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Apr
There is nothing like a shower of rain to freshen up a garden and kick-start the growing.
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Dr Souvik Chatterji
@sathviksouvik (20349)
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17 Apr
the garden looks very colourful
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (186650)
• United States
15 Apr
That's a lovely tree. I'm glad you got some rain.
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Aparna Sen
@Dreamerby (7800)
• Calcutta, India
17 Apr
We too had that sort of growing rain but not hurling pellets sort 2 days back...missing rain already!