Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade Day

Today is our annual Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade and somewhat normal it is overcast and drizzly. I am not sure why they do not schedule it for the end of July or August when the weather is warmer and dry, but it is usually cool and wet for the time the Rose Festival activities take place.

I can only remember a few times when it was hot and sunny, and I think most of them were when our children were young and we use to go to the parade. I can even remember a few times when everyone got a pretty good sunburn from sitting for several hours watching the parade.

Anyway, this morning after reading the paper and eating breakfast I gathered up the dishes and loaded up the dishwasher and started it up. Aaron had called and wanted to borrow my roto tiller, so I went to the garage and got it out so that it would be easier to load up into his Vibe.

He got here a few minutes later and in the time it took for him to drive over it had started to drizzle enough to get everything wet. It stopped before he left and he should be able to roto till today and maybe again in a couple of days so that the soil will have a chance to dry out a little.

Kathleen came outside and talked with Aaron for a while and I had noticed some ivy growing under the fir trees so I dug it out. Then after he left I got out my Brill mower and mowed the front lawn, both sides.

After putting the mower away and putting the battery on the charger I got out the cordless line trimmer out and edged along the driveway, gardens and street. After finishing that I got out my blower and air swept the driveway and walkway; over the last couple of day there have been a lot of fir pollen pods that had fallen and the driveway was really a mess.

After finishing that I went inside, cleaned up and made myself some lunch. The dishes had finished washing, so I unloaded the dishwasher and then put my dishes into it. Alyssa called and said that she would be coming over around 1500 but did not make it until a couple hours later.

We had a good visit with her and then after she left Kathleen made some hash and potato rolls for dinner. She put cheese on top and then toasted the rolls so that the cheese melted, it was really good. I pilled some hash on top of mind and ate them like open-faced sandwiches and added a little Tabasco sauce to spice it up a bit.