With enough heavy rain falling on Wimbledon to cancel play in the Tennis Tournament on all but the covered centre court, it seemed as if Downton’s weather wore a miserable, dark, frosty-faced expression, eventually turning to tears of sympathy.
Jackie was driven in from planting under the shelter of the weeping wisteria. Suddenly, after the hottest June on record, we are plunged into a typical wet Wimbledon week.
Before watching centre court matches between Elena Rybakina and Shelby Rogers, and between Andy Murray and Ryan Peniston, I occupied myself converting the following posts published in a July of 9 years ago from Classic to Block edits:
This evening we all dined on oven fish and chips, and garden peas followed by berry strudel and custard, with which Jackie drank Yellow Tail rosé and I finished the Shiraz.
I love the rain shots.
It came down hard here in Montreal along with lightening and thunder as “backup singers”!
Thanks very much, Dale. I like “backup singers”
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Lovely images Derrick but for once we have clear skies.
Thank you very much, Rupali
I love the bubble you caught.
We had thunderstorms last night that woke me up.
Thanks very much, Merril
Fascinating wet and bubbly photo.
Thank you very much, Dolly
You are very welcome, Derrick.
We’ve been raining off and on since Saturday. It was a nice pattering rain this morning, so I had the windows open.
Thanks very much, Liz
You’re welcome, Derrick.
Typical Wimbledon weather as you say.
Thanks very much, Tootlepedal
We had some heavy rain here lately and thunderstorms, mixed with pre-fireworks.
Thanks very much, Bridget
Rain slogged Wimbledon is a tradition? Dinner sounds delicious.
It is a tradition, Pat. Thank you very much
Learned something new. Thanks, Derrick.
Shame for the tennis interruption but what a great photo!
Thank you very much, Sylvie
Good job Derrick. Leave the outer events to find their way.
Thank you very much, Val
I would love to borrow some of your rain, but summer is just underway and you may need all that moisture in days to come.
You are doing a beautiful job of converting the older posts to block format, Derrick. That has been a considerable amount of work!
Love to you and Jackie.
Thank you so much from us both, Lavinia
We were so disappointed that we couldn’t watch the matches in Wimbledon. So many courts were covered.
I am sorry, too. Will you have another chance? Thanks very much, Zakiah
Finally you had rain. As always, your photos are lovely!
Thank you very much, Arlene
It’s so strange that we have had so little rain of late, and what we have had didn’t really last very long.
Thanks a lot, John
Heavy rain and thunderstorms were predicted but none arrived.
The rain made a half-hearted effort with a little splurting on the windows, but not enough to unpeg the washing from the line. Sorry about your tennis viewing.
Thanks very much, Sue. I enjoyed the matches I saw.
I got your comment!! ???? that was a smile.
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I love rain and I love your beautiful rain photos! Drips and drops, bubbles and puddles.
Yes, a Wimbledon tradition held firm…and wet.
(((HUGS))) ❤️
Thank you very much, Carolyn X
Sobering to think of the heat you’ve been having. Sorry about that rain. Too bad it couldn’t have come later, after the games.
Thanks very much, Laurie
Seems your rain came at an inopprtune time, Derrick. We’ve had afternnoon thunderstorms almost every day. Your photo is a stunning capture.
Thank you very much, Eugi.
Most welcome, Derrick.
It’s a marvelous photo, with a suggestion of black and white. I’m glad you have some rain in the summer though.
Thanks very much, Crystal
So, can you sit through a full fortnight of Wimbledon?
No, but it helps when it’s raining here. Thanks a lot, Andrew
Summer’s already over
Thankfully it is raining here ???? . We too are watching Wimbledon. Nice photos Derrick.
Thank you very much, Lakshmi
Beautiful photo! It represents perfectly the mood!
Thank you very much, Ribana