Shelter from the showers

Just an outburst of rain and thunder happened and that blackened the skies. From behind my rain stained windowglass I saw the local heron and a pair of crows shelter on the rooftop underneath the large poplar tree - they are still there, waiting for a more gentle drizzle I suppose.

Had a phonecall at noon with my broter-in-law and he's happy but in bed still. The painkillers make him feel numb downwards from his shoulders and they turn his BP into so low that he feels like being drunk - so bedbound he is till all is released to normal standards and he can walk out by himself again. This hangover is not the nicest thing to go thro' but the news it brought along is the best now and he sounded as optimistic and well tempered as ever, what is very reassuring:)