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The Weather

When you have several blogs that aren't quite ready, and you can't get them ready, what do you do? You write about the weather, throw in a few pictures, and call it a post. If you are a farmer or a senior, you love, love, love to talk about the weather. Every conversation will start with, "so what's your weather like". A quick check of the phone app keeps everyone up to date and ready for any conversation. 

An early morning "Shelf Cloud"

Manitoba is known as "Windy Manitoba". Last Sunday, the winds were 40 km with gusts up to 80 km. Although, we have had an abundance of rain, there was dust storms happening everywhere. It was actually hard to believe, but I witnessed it. The poor plants that are just starting to grow are really getting a beating.                                                    

I had an interesting conversation at the gym. We were talking about the long grass outside the gym. I commented that there would be lots of hay. One of the guys at the gym said that he hadn't seen a twin or triplet set of fawns yet. That means that there won't be grass. Last year same thing and we all know how last year went. It just amazes me how the animals know, and their body responds. 

A woman was sharing her experience the weekend before with four of her friends. They were out in grass and in one hour they had removed over 100 ticks between the five of them. Oh yah, ticks are loving this weather. 

It seems to take very little for it to rain. Everything looks so lush right now, although we could do with some sun. Every year I am going to keep track of rain. Well, I was behind early because rain and snow came even before I got my rain gauge out. I have dumped 4 inches the end of May, another 1 inch and two days ago another 2 inches. I also have dumped a few smaller amounts. So, let's just say in less than a month we have had well over 7 inches of rain. 

Mother Nature has been putting on a beautiful show. Since the end of May, we have had snow, torrential downpours of rain, unbelievable wind, hail, tornado touchdowns and very little sun. Great humidity creates great thunderstorms. Let's be honest, who doesn't love a thunderstorm which seem to be occurring often. There are frequent weather warnings on the phone, not to mention emergency alerts. To be honest, they are so frequent they have lost their importance. I have always said the one remaining thing that we can't control is the weather. Thankfully, because we are never happy about the weather, so what a mess it would be, for the person in charge. Mother Nature doesn't seem to care about what we think about her weather.  

I have big plans to sit outside on my patio, enjoy the pool and warm weather. I have heard that the prediction for the summer is hot and dry. I have no idea who the predictor is or if they are accurate. We will see, but for now, enjoy your Wednesday. 

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