The Rain, some Arty Stuffs, Volvo woe, a fuzzy brain and strawberries.

The hot weather has gone away.  Now we have Rain and Fog. A couple of days ago I foolishly risked going out for a longer walk with Rosie Roo, but without her coat: we all got caught in a major downpour so wet that you could see Rosie's under-fur spots showing through her soaked fur, AND there was thunder.  Fortunately, one of the few things that dogs are usually afraid of that Rosie isn't is Thunder, and since Rosie ignored it, so did Theo. 

And THEN, driving home, I stopped at the roadside veg stand to buy YET MORE strawberries, and when I got back in the car, it wouldn't start.  With the rain pouring down, and I had left my phone at home...  So, then I had to go bang on the door of the house that belonged to the veg stand, in the middle of a pandemic, and ask to borrow their phone.  Fortunately for me, they were in, and kind enough to lend it to me.  Then I had to talk to Green Flag rescue through the sound of a torrent pouring on top of my umbrella, which was not easy.
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