Yesterday, I heard a new definition of our Missouri weather: “bipolar”.
I thought it was an appropriate characterization as we’re seeing warm, very warm, where you feel is time to put away your winter wear, and suddenly, here it is again: below freezing!
I’ve been working in the flower garden on warm days, getting the seeds on the hanging pots, weeding the rows, mulching the ground, and looking at the little green specks timidly showing through the dirt. What a great joy to see the earth coming back to life following Easter.
How are we to react to this craziness in the weather? Someone said: “you’re in Missouri!”. Maybe true, as I look at the outdoor thermometer every morning before I decide what type of clothing to select for the day.
Then, after I get all comfortable with the duds I selected for the day, it changes. Grumpy keeps telling me I can’t depend on the early signs of weather because it will change either up or down depending on nature’s whims.
The best thing to do is wear layers, so you can either increase or decrease the number of items you wear each day. The temperature will let you know which ones to discard and which ones to add to your body as the days progress.
Last week, our delivery driver was wearing short pants and this week he’s wearing a parka. The mail delivery driver’s wagon was covered with dirt last week and mud this week. There is no telling what the weather will be from day to day, because “we’re in Missouri”.
The wind was fierce, we lost some of our trees, although they were already dead, but now we must move them to the land of dead trees or as Grumpy says: “they will eventually fall and become part of the earth again by themselves, so why worry?”
Amid the storm, I was so happy to see rain; and as I was enjoying the sound on the hot tin roof, (sans the cat), I watched the patio furniture slide by the patio door and end up in a great huge pile, covered with mud. After the storm passed, it was not easy to retrieve all the items from the mud, clean each chair and table, move all items back into the patio and sweep the leaves and water from the patio floor. By the time I was finished cleaning up all the debris, I needed a shower, a new set of clothes and shoes and a chair to rest my bones.
But, hey, it’s Missouri weather. Let’s see what this week will bring.
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