Saturday, 9:15 am: Too much rain again! Over the past four or five days it has been either rain or drizzle almost continuously. I haven’t been able to cut our lawn which, if this continues, it will shortly resemble a hayfield. We’re hoping for it to clear today, although at present it doesn’t look too promising. Our barometer is rising rapidly, which is a good sign; let’s hope it pans out. The rain has been great for our garden, which been growing in leap and bounds. The weeds like it too.

My wife, Ruth, is busy downstairs baking banana-nut bread – always tasty. She can’t work outside either, and is also housebound with indoor work. All the field mice have moved indoors too, and I’ve set out my mouse traps. Once again I’ve taken the Elmer Fudd approach to their removal. Luckily I don’t have a bulbous head. I guess my commonsense isn’t so common, at least in this endeavor.

My ham radio is turned on and I’m listening for those elusive low power CW [Morse Code] signals. Sometimes it’s difficult to pull them out of the background noise and static. Hey, I’m not your garden-variety dullard [attributed to Frank]. Dullness aside, our work is on hold, the ground is saturated and I need a way to occupy my time before mold starts growing on me, if it hasn’t already begun. So much for rural intrigue . . .

Current values from our wireless Davis Vantage-Pro weather station:

Temperature: 63.6° [F.]

Barometer: 29.922 & rising rapidly

Humidity: 91%

Wind: NW at 2 mph – light & variable

Visibility: ca. 3 miles under cloud base

Skies: 100% low overcast

Precipitation: .002 inch – rain

Since midnight:

Low temperature: 59° [F.] at 5:44 am

High wind: 10 mph at 8:23 am