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Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 04:30
Winter Weather
I knew it. I just KNEW it.
The nice weather in April with sunny days and highs in the 60s and 70s seemed like it was too good to be true. And it was. Now that it is May, we have had highs in the 40s with cold rain and snow and sleet.
Many people around here have planted their gardens. Not me. I wait until I am sure the ground is good and warmed up. The seeds won't do anything, anyway, until the ground is warm.
I can't complain about the rain, though. We desperately need the moisture. Last week we got about an inch all together. And so far this week we've gotten about three-tenths of an inch. Not a lot by some standards. Other parts of the country have had torrential rain and floods and tornadoes. We don't need that kind of weather.
Many of the garden centers around here had their hanging flower baskets out for sale in April. Now that the weather has turned so much colder and wetter, the flower baskets have vanished -- tucked inside, I would imagine, where they will stay safe from the cold.
I was tempted to buy some hanging baskets when the weather was so nice. I'd like one for the yard, one for the cemetery and two for the newspaper office. Randy and his friend who owns the machine shop made four flower hangers for me out of wrought iron. They are sort of like shepherd's hooks, but I can't really call them shepherd's hooks. The sheep would have to be awfully big for those hooks. So calling them flower hangers is sufficient. My hanging baskets are going to have to wait now until the weather warms up again.
One thing about cold, rainy weather -- the horses are always glad to see me at feeding time. Isabelle actually whinnies when she sees me coming out of the house and then comes tearing up to the fence at a dead gallop where she slides to a stop in the mud. Kajun, who is more than 20 years older than Isabelle, is more sedate. He only nickers. But he comes at a gallop as well.
And then there are the cats. My inside/outside kitties are always glad to see me when I come home in the afternoon. After being cooped up all winter, when I go downstairs to the get the horse feed in the morning, they want to go outside. But by afternoon, they are ready to come inside where they can lick their fur dry and then take a nap.
Come to think of it -- me too.
LeAnn R. Ralph
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