Speaking of the weather, I've got some whining to do and I might as well do it here, since my spouse is probably getting tired of hearing it. This has got to have been the rainiest summer in Northeast Ohio that I can remember. As of Tuesday, I've mowed my lawn 28 times since April – the darned thing never stopped growing, thanks to all that wet stuff!
It rained during our camping trip in August, during our trip to Cedar Point that same month and the weather was generally crummy on Labor Day at Put-in-Bay during our annual visit. (At least it wasn't hot.)
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I remember as a kid being genuinely surprised that a big cub scout outing at Mill Hollow was rained out.
Nevertheless, I just don't remember summer consisting of days and days of rain and lousy weather like what we've just endured. Is it just my nostalgic way of looking at things?
Just have to move out here in the Florence Township Drought Zone. We had a very dry summer with california grass ...when you did mow to cut back the weeds you needed a dust mask. Water the garden regular as clockwork once a week. 500 gallons from the well and 500 gallons from the cistern, with intermediate watering from 250 gallons of rain barrel water. There was so little water and so few bugs , the swallows never did come back to Capistrano! Finally this last inch or so is bringing the grass out of dormancy, and the sump pump actually went ion.
ReplyDelete-Alan here....
ReplyDeleteWe'd gladly take your rain, laddie; some of the counties down here in Texas haven't seen any since last year. Also, we've got grass fires all over the place; one yesterday caused power outages-ours was off for three hours.
I am ready for some snow.
ReplyDelete-Alan again....
ReplyDeleteEverything you've heard about Ouija boards is true; they're not to be messed with.