'How now brown cow'

That phrase, known by many of us,  is used in elocution teaching to demonstrate rounded vowel sounds.

I can't blame it for staring ..... not too many people park their car in a layby and then walk up the grass verge, while cars speed down the dual carriageway, in search of a blip.

Patchwork class tonight so watering the garden will have to wait till tomorrow unless we are fortunate to have some rain during the night.