Spots and Stripes

The promised rain arrived and stayed, and all the members of this household have spent the day muddy or sleepy or both. In a sad bit of irony, my kitchen floor is immaculate -- which means I can spend every spare moment of the next week following the animals around with a mop, because our five-day forecast looks something like this:



Makes me doubly glad I spent so much time yesterday indolently lounging outdoors. Indolently lounging indoors doesn't have quite the same feeling of satisfaction to it.