Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.

And, boy, did it rain. About two inches in less than an hour. We had torrents running through the yard, and standing water everywhere. My peonies and delphiniums were knocked flat. And those seeds I planted last weekend? Unless they grew roots and dug in (most hadn't sprouted), they're at the bottom of the lake down the street by now. No more starting seeds outside.

Did I mention that we were trying to make strawberry jam when the storm hit? And that a storm-spooked dog found its way into our garage when my husband came home from the grocery store. Talk about a wild evening... But the jam gelled, and the dog's owner found us, so things turned out pretty well in the end.