Today was actually rather nice. It was warm and sunny until the sun went down. That's when the storm hit us. The Beast was laughing about the people who didn't have automatic garage door openers (there are a few) and the ones that either didn't have a garage or the garage was full. Since we pretty much have decent weather here, many people do not see the need to park in a garage. They use their garage as a storage area for bikes, mowers, etc.
Our storms....the ones that do NOT contain tornadoes....are usually brief when it pours buckets and will then settle down to a nice drizzle. During the spring and summer, you will see a lot of people who carry umbrellas in their cars because they have learned their lessons well. You need one a lot of the time.
It wasn't all that long ago that we were in the grip of a serious drought. When that ended, we seemed to get lots of storms hitting us. Some were torrents but we gladly embraced them because the many waterfalls were flowing once again. The Beast and I visited many of them before and after. We prefer the *after*. I don't mind the storms that come through at night because we are safe and secure in our home. I prefer to look out at a storm rather than be out in one. LOL!
The predictions from several sources is that we are in for a three day storm front that will be leaving a lot of rain behind. The good thing is that all the plants thrive...the bad thing is that it includes the grass and the Beast will not be able to mow it until the ground dries up a bit. I've seen the grass grow four or five inches in just a few days due to the rain. It must have a lot of goodies in it for the grass to grow that fast. It means the flowers and our vegetable plants will also thrive.
Another bad thing about storms is that we have satellite internet. If a storm is bad enough, we can't access the internet. That means that there are times I cannot put up my blog until and unless I can wait out the storm. So be forewarned.....if you check for my blog and it's not there during the next few days, you will know why. LOL! I'm up late tonight but that's unusual for me lately. I tried very hard to get into a more normal pattern of wake/sleep and it's worked for the most part. I hated being up late at night and sleeping the day away.
Now that my sister, Cee, has moved here, I am very grateful that I did that. Once she is settled in and now that I am pretty much healed, we may be able to spend more time together. I enjoyed our lunches/shopping times together and we may be able to do that again. I know a few of the good restaurants here and some of the interesting shopping places nearby. We even have an Aldi's now that's in Gadsden that we might spend time doing a bit of grocery shopping. We've been to Aldi's before but it was in Illinois when we visited our family. Now they have opened one here and, although it's a bit of a ride, it's not all that bad. And they carry some really good food at decent prices.
I have to have the Beast go pull our umbrellas out of the cottage now that spring has sprung. We will definitely need them. He will get the oversized one.....I think it's meant for golfers and I will take the normal size one. I think we lost our spare to someone that needed it to get to their car once and they never returned it. Oh well. It's not like they are all that expensive. I'll pick another one up to keep by the front door. However, next time we will escort whomever it is that must go out in the rain so we don't lose it...so to speak. Or perhaps I will have the Beast keep the oversized one at the front door. That will cover more than one person under it. Perfect!
Time to get this posted while the storm has let up and I have internet. Love you all and I sure hope your weather is better than ours will be for the next couple of days. ***Hugs***
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