Rainy Day Ramblings

Today's plans included Bill mowing the lawn.  However, the thunderstorm we woke up to changed that.  It was a nice sprinkle and it had just about quit by the time we got to church.  But about 1/2 way through the sermon, the skies opened up.  Church is in a metal building and it was noisy!  We got pretty soaked going to the car.

Of course, I forgot to move my pink cactus out of the way before we left.  So, I moved it up out of the rain after we got home and I got soaked again.  Bill did get to play in the rain as well, the rain gutter on the back of the house was overflowing.  So, he got the ladder out and cleaned out the gutter.

We had a couple of errands to run, so we took Otter to work today.  We need to replace the vent-a-hood over the stove so we went to Sutherland's to look.  They don't carry them, it turns out.  We have seen them at Lowe's, but were not impressed with the quality.  We might wind up back there, if we can't find one anywhere else.  We (Bill and I) also grabbed lunch at Taco Bueno.  We haven't eaten there in years, but it's improved quite a bit.

 

This is the current view from my back deck.  It's very close to their back fence.

We're going to plant crepe myrtles, 13 of them to be exact.  They will be about a foot out from the fence and we're going to try to get them this fall.  Fall is the time to plant them, same things as trees, but most places don't actually carry them then.  They are generally available in the spring, although spring is not the prime time to plant.  Planting in the fall gives them time for the roots to extend downward and that makes them stronger when the spring storms and wind roll around.  We might be able to find them locally, if not we'll probably be able to order them.  We're thinking we'll go with the medium range of crepe myrtles, then get 10 - 15 feet tall.  They spread out well.

 

Eventually, we will have privacy in our own back yard again.