Will it rain or not?

The forecast for today said showers so we thought there wasn't much point in starting olive pruning,  by the time we've dog walked,  had coffee,  done the basic house stuff like bed making and washing up,  we're not usually outside till about 10am and the showers were due at 11.  I thought I'd tidy up my inbox,  read the online version of whichever papers are still free,  and write something on here.

Now it's gone midday and the rain hasn't come - yet.  Yes it's grey and cloudy,  although the sun is finding a small gap every now and then,  so we could have done something outside this morning.  But the forecast now has the rain from midday to 4pm,  so will it or won't it!  There is always mañana....  If it doesn't rain soon we will have to water our pea beds as the first peas are in flower with pods coming and they need water.

And still lots more rose bushes and geraniums to finish cutting back as well.  There is a bed of them outside the garden,  against the wall by where we park the cars,  also there is ivy and periwinkle growing from the garden trailing down the walls.  Except that they are getting too long and have a tendency to root into the ground by the roses so need tidying up.  There are also lots of sweet violets - I think - tiny purple/blue-ish flowers,  they put out runners and root really easily but also spread too far if not kept in check. 

We had a quick trip out again on Friday to return the cot and car seat that we borrowed over Christmas,   popped into the butchers,  then to the veg shop and bought some fruit,  a few litres of red wine from the bodega  (yes we have lots of wine but not red)   - how come we always end up with more shopping that we expected to get?