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It's been raining constantly since I woke up, heavy rain too. So it's been the perfect weather for some tv watching, meaning I'm all caught up on Legends of Tomorrow. I don't know if many other people actually watch, but that last episode was great. Weird but great, which pretty much sums up the Legends. Next up, Supergirl I think.

I filled all the bird feeders with seed a few days ago, and one of the crows must have been trying to feed on one of them as seed is all over the garden path. Between the places to shelter and the seed the garden has been little bird heaven this afternoon, everywhere I looked there were sparrows and blue tits. Very bedraggled looking ones, too, their feathers all damp and fluffed up.

I read an excellent winterhawk crossed with Queer Eye where Bucky was the hero getting a makeover. The voices of the Fab Five were perfect and I was sad when it was over. From Soldier to Slayer.

A lot of new winterhawk stuff has been posted due to the reverse bang, but man, I wish more people would post full stories. I know I'm being all 'shake my stick and get off my lawn fandom old' but I much prefer to get stories all in one go, especially if they're actually complete.

I was in the greenhouse picking tomatoes earlier, and there's something incredibly soothing being in a greenhouse in the rain. It's a shame we haven't got room for a big greenhouse as I'd love to have a comfy chair in there so I could read with the rain pelting down overhead. Sadly I can barely get myself through the plants so a chair is nothing but a dream.

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rainy days are sometimes terrific - it's a guilt-free promise of time reading or viewing,because you can't do anything outdoors

that story sounds just up my alley and I'm looking forward to reading it

I have been binge watching Queer Eye on my travels - that fic is pure LOVE!

Being inside during rain like that sounds quite soothing. Too bad the greenhouse chair can't work!

I understand what you mean about wanting to read stories all at once. I like that best too. I have read some fics posted in installments that worked well in that format, but I think many authors don't pay enough attention to making each installment satisfying in itself. If the segments are too short or insubstantial or just cut off randomly, then reading them can be too frustrating to be worth it.

I love rain days like that, you’re right, it’s perfect catch up weather

Aww that’s sweet that you’ve had all the birds like that

That sounds like a great fic, I’ll have to read it sometime (and watch queer eye)

Awww yeah that sounds like it’d be nice

It's been raining every afternoon and most evenings for about a week over here and I've been tremendously happy about that. Unlike a lot of ppl who get S.A.D. during fall and winter (when there are fewer daylight hours), I get a version of it during summer (because there's too much sunlight.) Go figure.

That WinterHawk fic sounds quite nifty. It makes me wonder, though, how come the QE-MCU xover fics I've seen or read always have Bucky as the character that gets the makeover. It's never Sam or Steve (I have to admit that, until today, I hadn't come across a Clint/Bucky one, huh.).

Also, yeah, I am NOT down for the whole 'reading WIPs' thing at all. If I'm reading something, it better be completed (or abandoned but marked as such). :P

Rainy days are very useful things! Though the birds may not appreciate them as much...

A woman near me put up a lovely greenhouse (it's kind of an... angled tunnel? With big panes), and for at least the first couple of years, I think she just used it for sitting out and enjoying the view/sun/rainsounds -- and drying clothes. Her hedge has grown higher, so I can't creep on her landscaping easily anymore. ;)

Rainy summer days are perfect for catching up on indoor stuff! For me it's usually cooking or baking though. Possibly because when it's warm and sunny I like to sit and knit or read on the balcony all day and neglect everything else :-)

I guess we got spoilt in bandom but I so dislike having to read a story a chapter at the time!

It would be lovely to have a greenhouse large enough for both plants and a place to sit! It's really a shame your garden is so small.

I'll bookmark that WinterHawk story, although I am hoping to get back into mine, so won't be reading WinterHawk for awhile.

Awww, rainy days in the greenhouse. That's totally soothing.

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See me blinking in puzzlement at the idea of filling "the bird feeders a few days ago". I put out about 1-1/2 gallons of seed, twice a day!!! Granted, some of that gets eaten by my neighbor's chickens, and I'm working on a way to let the little birds in and keep the chickens out. But even before the chickens, it was 2 gallons a day, about 12-1/2 lbs.

And to hell with bird feeders; I couldn't keep up. I just dump it in the middle of my drive, and the birds have enough of a clear area around them that they have a chance of escaping the feral cats.

After all these years, it still amazes me, the glimpses of the different lives we all lead.
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