Save for a rainy day

POST 3/2026 CARBIS BAY, CORNWALL, UK: The idiom, “Save for a rainy day,” implies setting aside money for an emergency or future time of unexpected need. Sometimes it can mean saving an activity or item to a time when it can be better enjoyed. Rainy days have been ubiquitous in the United Kingdom. One area in north Cornwall has had rain every day since December 30.

Thankfully, we’ve had three rain-free days, though even during rainy and windy days we’ve been able to get out for walks, shopping, errands, visiting, church, Lenten study, library, a few lunches–all adding to our daily constitutional. The TV quiz show, Pointless, has us engaged with the BBC again.

We attended a Celebration of Life service for a friend last week. Walks have taken us into St Ives and Lelant, including the South West Coast Path, and a Sunday Roast saunter to The Cornish Arms. We had a delightful visit for afternoon tea with friend Ann in Lelant and lunch at Birdies Cafe when we walked to St Erth train station for a spot of business. Birds singing, gorse flowering, buds bursting, temperatures rising–these are joys and wonders of the wild out-of-doors. Our experience has been so refreshing that I’m of a mind to add, “Save nothing for the day, except the savouring of it.”

It’s good to be here.