Rain Indeed!

 It was cool and cloudy and a little breezy last evening. Sure enough, we had a thundershower overnight, maybe more than one in succession. And the rain did fall. It's cool and cloudy and wet this morning. It's as though we are in monsoon season, except this area doesn't have monsoon seasons. We don't do monsoons, as a rule. So strange. But it's a great thing to have all this rain. I won't complain, no matter how much it rains. Seems to me that the cotton farmers ought to be in great shape this year. And I just heard a distant rumble of thunder...

It won't be long and I'll have a rain forest, but one that is landscaped, with nice paths and clear spaces in it. And even as I write this, the rain falls again!

More Rain Coming Up

 For about a week we seem to have the same setup as we had a while ago, that brought so much rain. Interesting, to say the least. We might go right into the first week of June with rather mild temps and a lot of rainfall. Is it El Nino? Or is it... I'll say this: no more jokes about Uri Geller! I wonder what hurricane season will be like. Of course, where we are, the odds of any effect from a hurricane are very slight, perhaps a surge of moisture if the thing hits the gulf coast just right. 

I am also fascinated by auto graveyards. 

No Overnight Rain

 I did all the stuff I haven't been able to do since it started raining. It was a very quiet Memorial Day and weekend. It began with that epic storm and ended with a whimper. I clean forgot to put the flag up. I feel kind of bad about that. But none of my neighbors had theirs up and that was kind of odd. Strange things are happening. I remember Red Buttons... heck, I remember the Jimmy Durante Show, and The Texaco Theater! I remember the Berlin Airlift! I remember Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy! I remember Fulton J. Sheen. I remember Buffalo Bob and Mary Hartline. Amazing how long I've been around. I don't often think of that. I'm really old! I never, ever, expected to be so old. But now that I AM that old it's no big deal. I seem to be in remarkable health. Diet and exercise make a huge difference. I guess that's helped me. 

I still work out a lot. 

Terrific Storm Last Night

 I was quite certain we'd get hail, but no, not in my area. Just a spectacular lightning display, with some strikes very close to me, and very heavy rain. What a way to finish the month! That was supposed to be the last gasp for storms and rain in this area. Spectacular finish! Very loud, too. So I hope we get a chance to dry out. I need to do a lot of mowing and trimming. It'll be a real job. So much wild growth and I haven't been able to attack it because it's been soaking wet every day for over a week. 

With all this rain you'd expect a plague of mosquitoes but I haven't gotten a single bite, and I have not seen any. That's more than a little weird. 

Another Rain Storm!

 I should tip my hat to Uri Geller. The "Pray for rain!" mantra has worked. Of course, at one time the prayer was for peace in the Mideast. That one didn't work out so well, did it? Rain is easy. Well, I believe-- I believe we are under a flood watch or warning. One of the two. The ground is soaked. If I can get some of the lavish growth trimmed back Memorial Day I will be quite happy. I want my jungle to be confined to certain areas, with clear spaces and paths. That takes constant effort but I can only do it when the vegetation is not soaking wet. I have not noticed any mosquitoes yet. That's really strange. 

There was a power outage last night, during the storm (no hail) and most of the time when that happens it's because some stupid drunk smashed into a power pole.