"The Farmer in the Dell" Nursery Rhyme

I love a rainy day. And what could be better than a rainy day with an extra hour? Last night we let our clocks fall back for daylight savings time.

I've never heard an explanation for daylight savings that made sense to me. Somewhere I picked up the notion it was for the farmers. Not sure why they would care one way or another. There's only so many hours of daylight, and they probably use every one of them regardless of what the clock says.

I looked it up in Wiki, modern repository of all knowledge. The explanation was muddled. Wiki did note the problem to farmers but not exactly what that problem might be.

As for me, I'll enjoy the extra hour of rain today and do something fun in the sun tomorrow.