Another Rainy Day in Paradise

I woke early with stormy weather, decided to turn over and snuggle back under the covers for a few hours! Finally crawling out of bed at a disgraceful hour, I made my way downstairs and outside for a few minutes. The homes down our street are all at the base of a hill. Our nice neighbor, Rick, has a drainage problem that he continues to work on by directing the water off his lawn and onto a path right down the middle of one of my container areas. So today, armed with a shovel in the rain, I did some directing myself. We'll see how that turns out.

My nephew, Chris, has a birthday this Saturday and graduates from high school next Saturday. I can hardly believe this special child is now an adult. Chris has been in a wheelchair for the past ten years or so because of Duchenne MD. He called me yesterday with a computer problem so I headed to town for a "look-see". His mom had purchased a dianthus barbatus "heart attack" last week at WalMart, and yes I did need one badly. I found a great looking one for just over five bucks. While in town, I ate at the cafeteria (turkey and dressing) plus decided on a quick visit to The Barn Nursery. Three plants richer, I pulled into Chris' driveway for a look at the computer. I restarted the computer in Safe Mode and did a System Restore which fixed the problem. Thank good for system restore, wish I had this with some of my plants!

The rain was basically only an occasional drizzle by this time late in the evening. Hope that means clearer weather tomorrow and more productiveness from me. We'll see.