Revenge of the Rain

 

And failure of the forecast.

You could read three weather forecasts daily...from three different sources...and they would all diverge wildly.

And they would all be wrong.

They might promise that the rain will let up around 4 PM so you plan to do some things that don't involve being wet...say maybe help park the kids' camper or pick tomatoes.

Not only will it not stop by 4PM, it will rain 3 inches between then and 4AM the next day.

On days when the cute little icon on the weather page is a bright fat sun with rays dispelling rainy gloom there will be a downpour every hour.

Ralph swears he saw 32 geese all carrying umbrellas down by the river this morning. He says some of them were downright fashionable too.

I think just about anybody you ask would happily cry, "Hold, enough!" and wish for even a few minutes of dry weather.

And you know how they always say, "It's a good day for ducks?" 

I have seen maybe a dozen ducks in the past three weeks, so I don't think they are happy either.

However I can attest that every day, all day, is a good day for mosquitos. There is a little tiny kind that goes straight for eyes, nose and ears. There are so many you can wipe them off your face!

I sure hope we get a couple of consecutive weeks of respite so farmers can get the corn in and then some more drytime later in the season for the beans.

Meanwhile, guess what???? It's raining.

Pretty much the only sun we will see today