Sodden fields

Standing water in the field

We've had so much rain  - not quite as much as in Cairns or Charleston SC - but the fields have had standing water for some time now.  The last few days were just gray and dreary and dark. It was hard to wake up in the morning or to get the energy to get anything done. But the weather has been unseasonably warm.  

Today, we've had showers alternating with sunshine, so it has been reasonably nice. That is to change tomorrow. We're about to have a very strange pattern -- for the next three days, we are going to have nonstop rain, high winds, and little temperature fluctuation. It will be 10C or 11C day and night until Sunday when it will go up to 12C. On Monday, Christmas Day, they are forecasting 8C and partial sunshine. 

In preparation for Christmas, I did the food shopping today. It was very busy in town. We're going to have borscht for Christmas Eve, duck on Christmas Day, and venison on Stephen's Day, all accompanied by some very fine wines. 

Moody Holy Mountain. 

Waves in the water barrel stirred p by the wind.