Strange Weather
We had all four seasons within one late afternoon yesterday.
The afternoon was mild letting us know spring was right around the corner. The skies turned dark around four. The thunder began rolling and rattling the windows. All the patio kitties were in their baskets in a heartbeat. Dennis barely made it into the house when the skies opened and the rain pounded down. The next time I looked out the bathroom window there was freezing sleet covering the garage roof that soon sounded like hail when it hit the sky light. A very short burst of snow followed.
When Dennis went out to the patio porch after supper, there was no way he could enjoy having a few more minutes in his rocking chair. The carpeted wood floor was wet. It was actually more than wet, there was standing water. Hmm. It was a very good thing Dennis had just vacuumed the carpet that afternoon or there would have been more than water showing. Nothing to do but turn off the lights and call it a day.
This morning when we went out, the water was down. With the furnace on in the garage and patio porch . . . that’s all we can do for now. What surprised us was when the ice on the patio cracked with water trapped underneath. It took awhile before we were assured the garage was not coming apart. Talk about a strange 24 hours. The Mankato radio station said we had 1.5″ of rain in a very short period of time.
Dennis napped this afternoon and I stitched a bit in the studio. The sun never did shine today, but the concrete drive is now clear of the ice. The ice crystals on the boughs of our huge evergreen on the northwest corner of the house, looks every bit luxurious. It reminds me of the expensive silk greenery during the Christmas season.
Spring cannot come soon enough, but . . . with it will come new challenges.