Can't Outrun Mother Nature
Today is truly the day the Lord has made. How could we not be happy with it? After listening to the rain fall all night on our house awning I had hoped for a chance to have morning coffee out on the patio. Not so much. The rain gauge noted another inch of rain had fallen. Dennis decided it would be a good day to take a short road trip and as the sky was clearing in the south — south it was that we headed. Neither of us had been in Fairmont, Minnesota, for quite awhile and it is only a 40 minuted drive.
I had a short grocery list and I also knew there was a great greenhouse to the far southeast of town. As we drove and the sun peeked out both of were thinking the same thing, how great to have the sun shining in the morning when we got up and have it shine right up to sunset. We had no more than commented to each other and the clouds descended. The Janzen Greenhouse was loaded with plants. I couldn’t help but wonder where they would all find a home before the middle to the end of July when greenhouses usually close for the season. I knew as tempting as it was to fill the holes in my gardens from the winter kill, I had to stay on track. I couldn’t look at the perennials as about that time the clouds opened and the open air garden hoop was being drenched. My conquest was two tomato plants, a bush cucumber plant and a Boston Fern to hang under the lilacs branches. That last item was not a necessity, but dang, so enjoyable for the summer right up to the killing frost.
The HyVee grocery store was our only other stop and we came on home with windshield wipers just a going. We again noted the clearing of the skies and by golly if we didn’t drive into our driveway with the sun shining. I put on a fresh pot of coffee and then took a full cup out to the backyard to check out the status of some small self seeders I had hoed around. As I got to the far end of our lot I had to hustle to make a dash for the garage porch as the rain that was falling was diluting my coffee. Today the clouds have opened at will with little warning. Oh well, tomorrow is another day and Lord I do thank you for this one.