Rain ...rain...rain

Rainy season brings bands of low-pressure systems over the area dumping rain day and night, on and off, sometimes torrential downpours, sometimes misty sprays. It is gray, humid and hot.

The rice plants enjoy this - they are settling into the mud and waving gaily in the breeze - but I am not a rice plant and I feel withered by the weather.

We sprayed herbicide on the surface of the paddies to stop water weeds from growing when the rice is so small. We will try not to use any more herbicide during the season. Once the plants are bigger and we can lower the water level, weeds are less likely to grow. There are snails creeping along the edges of the fields and those are a nuisance. We scoop them up with a net and throw them on the road for cars to smash. It makes a lovely gooshy crunchy mess on the road - escargot road kill.

Gloomy days. Thunder storms keep me off the computer.