Labor Day, 10:00 am: A holiday for the workers of the United States. Marx and Engels would be miffed there are no giant photos of them or even larger red flags fluttering in the breeze. I don’t think we ever had that in America; just picnics, barbeques and beer. Not surprisingly that seems more appropriate, keeping with the more relaxed and open American lifestyle. Karl and Freddie eat your hearts out.

No picnic here today. It has been a constant drizzle since we woke up. Since midnight we have had more than half an inch of rain. The mist is so heavy; I can’t tell if we are in fog or on the threshold of more rain. The view from our window looks like we are in the Alpenwald [Alpine forest] in Bavaria.

More house repairs are on the schedule for this week. Our special-order garage doors arrived in Caribou, and the house painter has put us in his schedule. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that everything will go smoothly, and everything will actually get completed on time. The house painting is more dependent on the weather of course, but the garage doors can be installed at any time.

Current values from our
Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 57° (F.)

Barometer: 29.90 & falling slowly

Humidity: 100%

Visibility: < ½ mile

Skies: 100% overcast heavy mist

Wind: Calm

Precipitation: .53 inch rain

Since midnight:

Low temp: 53.1° (F.) at 2:42 am

High wind: 8 mph at 3:44 am