Weather

I guess when you get older, griping about the weather becomes a mainstay in our lives. “That stupid weatherman on channel 8 said it was supposed to be sunny today!” or “ The Yahoo weather forecast on the Internet called for 'partly sunny' in the morning followed by 'partly cloudy' in the afternoon!”

It's easier to just look out the window, and right now my forecast is: “Rain!”

This sure has been a weird winter and spring though. In a colder than usual May we had some late frosts and then all of a sudden a few days later it got up into the 90's for two days. It was like being transported from Alaska to Florida and then back again.

Yesterday we finished up some planting and yard work just in time for this rain to move in. We've also been working on a new fence on the forested side of the yard to keep the dogs in and the Bears, Raccoons and Coyotes out. I got the fence line cleared of Blackberry, Salmonberry, and Honeysuckle vines; pulled out all of the old rotten posts and wire, and set new fence posts. We're waiting for the new wire fencing to come so we can be done with it. At our age, a few hours of hard work a day is enough, so it takes a while to finish anything.

Brush Pile

Boy Howdy!

We finally got a break in the stormy weather, and it sure feels good!

Monday we had our weekly barbecue outside for the first time in a long time. Kelly grilled steaks and it was actually comfortable sitting out on JC's deck, until the sun got behind the old growth fir and hemlock trees on the south side of his house.

Yesterday Carol and I got some yard work done, trying to clean up the mess the winter storms left behind. It's kind of cloudy this morning but the forecast looks good through the weekend. Maybe now we can accomplish some of the outside projects that have been on hold because of the crappy weather. We have a huge amount of fallen tree limbs and knocked down bushes to cut up and burn. It should make a heck of a bonfire!

Carol finally licked the bad cold she's been fighting for two weeks, (with the help of an expensive prescription - seven pills for $97.00!) She started back on duty this morning at 6 and popped a call at 7:15 and another around 10. Then she went down to the fire station to work out on their exercise equipment; I think she's feeling better!

Cold enough to freeze the eyeballs off a brass frog!

Compared to most places we haven't had it too bad, but it still has been one of the coldest winters I can remember on the coast. This morning it's 29 degrees, which is the coldest it's been all winter; the problem is that it's been in the mid 30's almost every night for months, and the days have been cold even if the sun does peek out, which has been seldom. It's just been downright uncomfortable unless you're standing in front of the fireplace.
We've been lighting a fire every morning and keeping it going most of the day. We're going through the woodpile way too fast and we'll have to buy some more wood if we can find anyone to get it from.
I sure hope we have an early spring.