The Wedding Draws Ever Nigh

The wedding is a little over a week away...Crunch time, if you will. And the weather? Well, the weather is not following the rules for July. Mainly the number two rule, which is that it STOPS raining after July 4^th---unless July 5^th falls on a weekend, then it will stop raining on the first Monday following July 4^th. Summer officially arrives then, feel free to plan your BBQs, garage sales and backyard weddings after that with absolutely no fear of getting rained on...

Statistically speaking, this is a FACT. A warm, dry, beautiful, sunny fact...But you might recall what Mark Twain said about that: There are lies, damn lies and then there are statistics.

Annie Cat doesn't like rain either...

So I run around with my umbrellas and my stinky spray and climb on the lawn mower every time the sun peeks its head out for more than five minutes and then remember that, under the shelter of umbrellas, my plants aren’t getting any of Nature’s water. So I drag out my garden hoses and water my pots. And now it’s raining again. Park the mower, head back in the house and get back to painting my French doors---stuck inside the house.

It seemed like a good idea at the time... a little white paint just to freshen the French doors up...because earlier I had painted the new door trim white, which made the doors themselves suddenly look dingy---oh look! The sun is out!! SQUIRREL!!!

The rain is also putting a kink in my plan to foil the elk with stinky spray---I’m using “Invisible Fence” and I swear by it—but every time I’m spraying---once a week, instead of once a month, just to be extra insured---I can feel raindrops before I’m even finished, let alone before the spray has had time to dry for full efficacy.

SIGH.

The flowers are ready....