Well Labor Day was a wash out with over 3 inches of rain and there is more in the forecast. The yards and gardens are soggy and they are on a decline thankfully or they would be standing in water, oh well. All our plans were cancelled due to the weather and some personal issues with the Tracy's as a family member passed on Kathryn's side. It was expected due to health issues but it always sad when you loose a family member especially on a holiday weekend.
I started Monday out with the rain pelting down on the tin roof of the cabin and while we did get a brief stoppage around 9'ish I headed out to check on the driveway which did wash but I can correct that with raking and shoveling since neighbor Gerald is gone for a couple weeks on vacation out west and the use of the tractor will wait until he gets home. We had 2 1/2 inches over night and then close to another inch during the day and I haven't checked the gauge since mid morning. It's sure has been a wet summer at times and to start summer it was very dry, oh well.
I did my morning routines that start with a before 6 rollout to some quiet time after posting this ramble and I sure missed my solo hike to the top of the mountain finishing up my time with GOD. We settled into our respective social media comments and shared some pictures and comments. We had half of the picnic cookout at our place and the Tray's were bringing the rest but Patrick contracted pink eye and they were on their way to Galax to pick up a script for it and then coming here to just eat but all that changed when a family member passed so with the rain coming down and no sunshine it became a dismal kind of day for all of us. We were going out to Jake and Katelyn's place to show the Tracy's their land and building site which Jake has been working on with a back hoe but the heavy rains washed that event away, no pun intended.
Well we read the rest of the afternoon and evening away. I did watch the Ray's come from behind and beat the Red Sox's in St.Pete. I started a new author Daniel DeSilva who writes some what like Vince Flynn which to my interest is exciting and a real page turner into espionage during the start of WWII. He has several books and I'm going to read them in order and really it is an historical novel as this first book is title The Unlikely Spy. It's a great read and I read until lights out around 10'ish. The rain seemed to have slacked off during the night, LATER
