Unusual Weather

All over the world.

Friday evening;
Our last measurable rainfall, here on the hill, was during the day on Sunday May 22nd with thunderstorms forecast for Monday night. We got the thunder but the rain mostly missed us, maybe like a big dew. There may have been one other night that we got a light sprinkle, not enough to even dampen the ground. Now, three weeks later it is getting really dry.
Since I have come to the realization that I had already passed my prime, as far as gardening is concerned, I started working in our Iris a few weeks early this year in an attempt to beat some of the worst heat. Now it looks like I picked a bad time. Last Thursday I was using my tiller in an attempt to re-work and re-set a few Iris but the ground was so hard and the dust so bad that I had to quit. Maybe it will rain soon.

After all that having been said and done, we have no legitimate reason to complain. With all the flooding through the Mississippi Valley, the tornadoes across the mid-west,south and even in some of our northern states, a little hot dry weather doesn't sound so bad. If we think about it, it could be much worse.

Sunday morning, fairly early;
There wasn't much chance in the forecast (20%) for rain last night but it paid off. We had a lot of thunder and a slow rain. It wasn't all that much, probably less than half an inch, but when it had been hot and dry for about three weeks it was a help. We didn't have to water squash and cucumbers this morning and the tomato plants we set out late yesterday afternoon are looking good this morning. Maybe that hot, dry weather pattern has been broken for a while.

Still, all in all, we haven't had it so bad and we should be counting our blessings instead of complaining about our weather. Others have had it so much worse without the complaints. Thanks for your time and input. Stay tuned. - William