We have had blessed rain for the last hour, possibly 1 cm.  We haven't had much for a couple of weeks and I watered the lawn at the rear of the house last evening to coax some actual rain out of the "scattered showers"  predicted for the next seven days.  Well, it is easier than the more reliable "wash the car."  The previous stretch of seven days with predictions of "scattered showers" yielded trace amounts on one day. Rain is a better reason than most to fritter the morning away on ET.  

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."