This post is for #SublimeSunday is inspired by
@c0ff33a and #BeautifulSunday is initiated by 
@ace108 dedicated to 
@tarazkp for dog sitting this week!
This Sunday, the look in the dog's eye shows how he thinks about 2 hot dry weeks mercifully giving way to rain.
Yesterday, it was sunny and mild. Plenty of garden tasks and a nice walk here in the park. Tomorrow would be a good day to procrastinate the cutting of the lawn to. Not that 2 weeks of no rain made for much grass growth.
The lawn in the back yard was looking a little shaggy but you can't mow in the rain! With plenty or new sprouts and plants, I had to water the lawn with the hose every night for 2 weeks. Sounds like white people problems but I would much rather water using collected rain water. This is the first rain many of these veggies have ever seen so I am looking forward to seeing the effects this week.
You can see my wave petunias literally drinking in the rain water. They do love to get soaked every day being in hanging baskets and planter pots. I hope they like the rain even more.
This one almost looks like it is raising its face to the sky in thanks and the neat little lines could almost be its voice.
I have enjoyed taking pictures of the blooms on the chives that came up again this year. They are getting a little long in the tooth compared to last week but are pepping up just for the new precipitation.
I have quite a few more flower pictures to share in my next #gardenhive post but had to include the peonies here. They come up each year and wait about a month to all pop off at the beginning of June. There are quite a few of them this year and they may even be brighter tomorrow for the rain.
Perhaps the best development, besides the naps and relaxed day, was the sweet sound of the rain barrel filling up. I elevated it a few inches for easier draining and repaired the spouts Chewy the Dog destroyed in the winter. The sticks prop up the makeshift spout simply and I will have rain water to feed the garden for days if this keeps up
Even a rainy day in the garden is thirsty work. My go-to this year for a nice thirst beer in the middle of a day of work has been Radlers. Very light and fruity beers with only 2.5% alcohol so it wont slow you down but is fizzy and refreshing.