Thunder, driving rain on the roof, power outages, and anything else having to do with severe weather, Katy isn’t going to like it. At 3 p.m. today, the heavy rain made it so dark inside the house, I finally turned on a light in the kitchen. Meanwhile, there’s been a tornado watch in place most of the day here in northwest Georgia. This Weather.com graphic is a tip-off that we’ll have more rain tomorrow and for the rest of the year maybe:
I’m glad we got our yard mowing caught up yesterday. I wish I hadn’t gotten drenched while grocery shopping this morning. The rain was light until I walked out of the store with a cartload of food and, as they say, the bottom fell out. I would have been drier in a swimming pool.
The people on Facebook tell me I have rain for Monday’s errands because I’m not showing Mother Nature enough respect. Yes, I call her Baby Cakes. I saw that as a term of endearment. 99 and 44/100 percent of my friends don’t see it that way. Who knew?
Well, now the sun came out and the rain has stopped. The baby goats in the pasture across the road are enjoying their late afternoon. Katy’s stopped acting like a fraidy cat. But it’s all a trick. As soon as it gets dark we’ll have a rainy night in Georgia as Tony Joe White wrote in his 1967 song popularized by Brook Benton.
When that happens, I think I’ll go take a nap while Katy hides under the bed.
–Malcolm
Malcolm R. Campbell
Publisher: Thomas-Jacob Publishing
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Today was a public holiday here. The weather people had been warning of extreme weather, but it was just dull. Until teatime. It is now blowing a hooley and driving rain into all the leaky crevices of my creaky house. Don’t care. There wasn’t anywhere I needed to be. Cats have got the wind under their tails. Dog is sleeping. All’s right with my world – as long as the roof doesn’t take off in the night 😉
I assume that was high tea. Sounds like everything is cozy in spite of the weather.