Lil0, good thinking on your part, to rearrange your schedule and get things done. I sure hope you don't get any damage from the winds. I thought we had bad winds here in Texas but from reading your posts over the years I think it is much worse where you live.
Muzz, I smiled when I read what you said about changing clocks and how you're okay with it. You are such an upbeat person, it seems you go with the flow and enjoy whatever you're doing regardless of the circumstances. Maybe just making the best of it. Same with your trip to Winnipeg. Hope you find some unexpected enjoyment there.
Sexton, finally a day off for you! Yea! Enjoy your time at ActionS. If they have food I wish I could be there to eat with you. Nearly lunch time here and I'm at a loss for what to eat.
Poirot, your conditions sound like here. Hard to tell anything about sun rise and sun set times when the skies are already so overcast. And the wind seems to be making it all over the place--from Lil0 to you to me and elsewhere. I hadn't thought so much about the disadvantage of having tall trees in a yard until recent years when we've begun to hear so much about trees falling on houses, cars, etc. Now I think I'm glad that my trees aren't that tall, even though they are pretty and would be nice for shade. I just hope all of you will be safe through these storms.
Robin, sorry I can't be any help with growing plants. Maybe someone here has advice for you though. It must be hard for you to gear down and stay in for a day, since you are accustomed to functioning under demands to go here and there all the time. I hope the weather clears up soon for you and Vinnie--but only after the area gets the rain it needs. Everybody depends on rain, even though some are more directly connected to pros and cons of it than others.
Squirrel, it looks like you too made a wise choice for rescheduling. Your co-worker's son's injury sounds like it could be serious. Please let us know how that goes. So hope he'll be better soon. Enjoy your "warm" sunny weather while it lasts and take care of your back the best you can.
I had another one of my all-too-frequent nights of waking up before 5:00. I am thankful it was without the migraine that was with me the past two mornings. I got up for a couple of hours and read, then lay down on a bed in my sunroom and slept hard, though kept trying to wake up for some time. I was hearing the most awful wind but curtains were closed and I couldn't see out. The wind sounded so ferocious it was making me a little nervous. I kept telling myself it just seemed unusually loud because I was in a long room which is mostly windows. Ordinarily I sleep in the main part of my house, which is covered on the outside with 5"- thick rock, with a solid layer of shiplap underneath, then sheetrock for a final layer inside. So it's pretty well insulated, making it much quieter in there. I was groggy from sleeping hard so when I finally got up and looked outside I was shocked to see there was a heavy driving rain mixed in with that wind! I had no idea it was raining. I thought it had all passed. No wonder it was so loud. Water was gushing out of the gutter and I guess the ground finally got saturated because there was more water standing than there was the past two days, when it actually rained much more than it did this morning. It's quit now and I think it will all be cleared out by noon or so--until Wednesday or Thursday, when more is supposed to move it. .....Uh oh, the sun just popped out so the drying will begin.
Wilde Woman, glad to see you popped in before I move on. I have to say, somehow in all my years it had never occurred to me that there could be a drought in New York City! It's strange how we can go a whole lifetime with unrealistic perceptions about things, people, and places without even realizing it. I appreciate the "education" I get from your comments. Also others from all around the country.
