More Rain On the Way *sigh*

First day of May and it's shaping up to be just like April--WET! And cool.

The weather gurus are saying we'll get about 2.5 inches of rain this week (Sunday through Thursday). The average for the entire month is just 3 inches so we're off to a quick start! We got more than twice the average rainfall during April. The 10-day (weather.com) and 15-day (accuweather.com) show most days with a high temperatures of about 60 degrees and many of them only in the 50s. Oh, and they both show more rain next week.

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This morning I went down to get the Sunday newspapers and saw that the Exxon station had a price of $3.94 for a gallon of regular. Haven't seen prices that high since immediately after the hurricanes hit the Gulf coast a few years back. Then it was the weather that caused the disruption of supplies. Once the weather ended and damage assessed/repaired prices came back down. Now, it's the fed printing money reducing its value and, of course, an energy policy(?) from the White House that's preventing the production from resources right here in the USA. Instead, we have windmills. And corn being turned into fuel instead of food and feed.

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When I got back to the Aerie, I pulled out the lawn mower, checked the oil level, filled the gas tank and gave two slow pulls to prime the engine and one hard pull and the Briggs & Stratton engine fired right up. No excuse now! So off I went mowing the lawn. It was just starting to get scraggly looking but was at that stage where it was easy to mow. Doing it now should encourage better growth. besides. the forecast being what it is, I may not get another chance until next weekend.

Once finished, I grabbed the Round Up and went around spraying some of the dandelion, thistle, and other weeds I had spotted. It won't eliminate them, but it should thin them out a bit.

Then, it was on to planting some carrot seeds. The soil needed to be turned again since the very heavy rains after the last digging had compacted it a bit too much for carrots. That's a scene likely to be repeated this week, but what the hey!

Finally, I did a little tree trimming, removing a couple of oak and maple branches that were either rubbing against other trees or had been broken by delivery trucks or ice.

Then it was time for a late lunch as the drizzle started.

Followed by a book and a nap.

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Terry was in New Jersey for a SAGA stitching class over the weekend. (Luckily, her little Aveo gets 35 mpg.) She had a good time with some of her buds learning new methods, drinking wine, going out to dinner, drinking wine, sittin' a stitchin' and--did I mention--drinking wine. Tomorrow, she and a few helpers will be occupying the Aerie to do some work in registering folks for classes at the SAGA national convention.

Don't know what I'll do during that time, but it won't be heading to the Bolt Hole just yet. Last I checked, the roads are still a mess up there from last week's storm. I could get there by a rather circuitous route, but I've a few time.