Grey Water

 The forecast said it would rain all day yesterday. It didn't. It was overcast and a little damp. There was a minute or two of drizzle after lunch.

Reservoirs are sinking, fields going brown, hosepipes have been banned- and Thames Water- the company which serves London- is pleading with government to take on its billions of pounds worth of debt.

I pour grey water from the washing-up into watering cans and distribute it to the plants that need it.

"Grey water" is a pretty phrase- like something from a fantasy novel.  I picture a remote and melancholy mountain tarn, haunted by wispy, ever-mourning nymphs...