I love the rain, especially at the moment as we are on a hosepipe ban, and reservoirs are badly depleted. I also need it to germinate the grass seed on my recently landscaped and dug over lawn. I don't mind a continuous light shower, but the other week we had a thunderstorm with a torrential downpour, and since my back yard is on a slope... my nicely levelled dirt started washing away onto the patio
... so that was 3 days well spent
Since I have a roofed shelter in back garden, I can sit out there and play bonsai, whatever the weather
All the best,
Aaron