(pic taken on my front porch 1/20/10)
"A little of what you fancy does you good."
~ Marie Lloyd, English music hall singer
~ Marie Lloyd, English music hall singer
I love RAIN!
BUT... when I was growing up - RAIN
meant my dad (he was a brick mason)
meant my dad (he was a brick mason)
didn't work!!
it's difficult?? no impossible!!
to lay brick in the rain.
to lay brick in the rain.
The "mud"
(cement, mortar - the glue that binds bricks together)
(cement, mortar - the glue that binds bricks together)
wouldn't "set properly" and the job
would have to be re-done
(which was a waste of someone's $$ & supplies).
would have to be re-done
(which was a waste of someone's $$ & supplies).
No work! meant NO $$$...
So ~ you can see why "rainy days"
were frowned upon in my family.
BUT ~ rainy days also meant
"hot cocoa w/freshly baked cookies"
(peanut butter were my favorite!) after-school.
AND, soup for dinner! creamy split-pea... Yum!
Today's RAIN made me "happy"... fancy that!
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