A Garden Visitor

Friday, 9:45 am: Our outside chores have been nixed today – it’s raining. Workwise, I don’t know whether that is good or bad; so I fired up my computer and writing today’s weather blog.

The other day while my wife and I were driving on US Route 1 we discussed the virtues of fruit cake. My opinion left no doubt what I thought of this culinary blob. Without hesitation I thought it was suitable for doorstops or paperweights. My wife had other opinions, of course. She thought homemade fruit cakes were tasty and the “store-bought” ones were okay, but not great. I guess you could say, I like processed foods and refined sugar products, when it comes to desserts. Fruit cake, REALLY!

Work around our house has been an on again off again effort this year, mostly due to the weather, after all this is a weather blog and not a culinary blog. Since June 1st we have had 3.34 inches of rain, over half of it in the last week or so. Last night we had our first real thunderstorm of the spring and summer. The NOAA weather radio issued a severe storm warning too. Luckily, the main part of the storm passed to the south and east of us.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 66° (F.)

Barometer: 29.75 & falling slowly

Humidity: 100%

Wind: S at 2 mph light & variable

Visibility: < 2 miles

Skies: 100% overcast

Precipitation: .02 inch rain

Since midnight:

Low temp: 62.1° (F.) at 5:16 am

High wind: 11 mph at 1:36 am