Silene dioica syn Melandrium, Red Campion

The last crop of Red Campions are very pale in comparison to earlier specimens.
My painter rang this evening to tell me that he couldn't make it today because he was at the dentist. So far he hasn't been able to make it because:
he had to have a tooth extracted
His dog died and he had to bury it. I'm waiting for his relatives to start being ill and dying off. (Hospital visits, buying flowers, funerals ets). He says he's coming tomorrow, the weather forecast says it's going to rain.