Sunday's Storms

I woke up several times this morning and stayed in bed because I was so worn out that I could not get up. I woke up again about 0530 and thought about getting up, but decided to stay in bed a little while longer...the next thing that I knew it was after 0700.

I got up and showered, but I was still too tired to move very quickly so I decided that since Kathleen still was not up and she had not felt very good the last couple says that I would stay home this morning rather than try to make it to church.

So I made myself some breakfast and read the paper then about 1030 I decided to go out and pick some berries for a mid-morning snack. There is just something about fresh strawberries, blueberries and raspberries fresh off the bush, plant or vine.

While I was out there I checked for signs of my raccoon friends, but did not find anything. While I was out there, I had noticed a nightshade plant growing by the grapes so I decided to get my spading fork and dig it out. While I was getting it out I noticed several other smaller plants and a healthy looking blackberry bush, so I dug them out as well.

Since I was in the digging and cutting mode, I decided to prune the dead rose flowers, so I traded my spading fork for the pruners and went to work. I got the big rose garden and the square rose garden done and went out to do the ones along the driveway. While I was doing the climbing roses I decided to cut the climbing vine that was working its way into the roses.

I cut the vines off but I still will need to dig out the roots one of these days. While I was cutting out the vine it started to rain, I did not feel it as I was under the canopy of the fir trees, but when I finished and started to the back yard I had to run to get under the cover of the cherry trees the mountain ash and the apple tree.

It is thick enough back there that I hardly got wet at all. The rain did not last very long; in fact it stopped shortly after I got back into the house and cleaned up.

Andrea called about 1300 and asked if she could come over for a while as they were at the high school and Brandon was getting really fussy. So she, John and Brandon stopped by for a while. Kathleen had just gotten up and so she came downstairs shortly after the got here. Alyssa had called earlier this morning and wanted to come over, but I told her that her Mom was not up yet and to call back in a couple hours.

She called while Andrea, John and Brandon were here, so Andrea decided to stay so that she could see the other kids. Well Alyssa, Dan and their children were going to stop at the farmers market on the way, but it was just closing as they got there so they tried a couple other local produce stands and they were closed as well.

She finally called again and said that they were going to stop at Costco and then here. Andrea and her family stayed for a little while after Alyssa and her family got her and than Alyssa, Dan and the children stayed until about 1930. I was all set to make myself some lunch when Andrea got her, so by the time Alyssa left, I was ready to eat the wall paper.

Alyssa and Dan brought over my Father's Day present, the new Leatherman tool For gardeners, and a box of Ivar's clam chowder. So after everyone left, Kathleen opened up and mixed one of the packages of chowder and put it on the stove, I stirred it for fifteen minutes and then just about ate it out of the pan.

It rained off and on all day, but I do not think it rained enough to do a lot of good, so I will probably have to water either tomorrow or Tuesday morning to give the plants and shrubs some water. Well, that is about it for my day, so I will just say good night.