The Tea Room Weather Agitator
Did you get any rain this week? Aren't you glad you didn't send your child to college to be a meteorologist? I can't imagine that, with the sophisticated equipment and intensive studies man has done, we are no better off than we were when we checked caterpillars coats and asked the groundhog if he saw his shadow! Really! Think about how accurate those old almanacs have been. At LEAST as accurate as the local weather man with his doppler radar and his accu-weather report. When I was having my Sheep Festivals here about 20 or so years ago, I'd have my brother Terry check his weather journal to see if it rained on the date I had picked in previous years. He'd go back five or six years, and if it hadn't, we'd set the date and we never got rained on but a sprinkling the first year (before we thought to check!). Think about it folks! There were no satellites involved, no computer generated predictions or anything. Grandfathers have always had weather ankles and knees. Maybe I should hang onto my bad knees and start forecasting.
'The Tea Knee Weather Report'
brought to you from Turkey Pit Rd.
It looks like we're going to have a clear night tonight. The fluid around my knee is down, we won't be seeing any rain. Around the first of the week there may be some clouds as my ankles are starting to swell and my shins are shiny. Any chance of showers will be later in the week, or not at all, depending if my knees start to ache. The frogs are sitting on the shady side of the pond, so it will be hot and humid. If we do get rain it will be north, south, east and west of us. When the horses are nibbling maple leaves you can be sure the ground is dry. Other than that, it will surely rain by Christmas. My weather guarantee! Free 'TEA for all' if I'm wrong. What other weather forecaster will do that for you? And I didn't have to get my degree in fooling people at a fancy school either!
I guess I get carried away, but we've been promised rain for so long now. My garden is so dry. I miss the lush soft grass and the smell of worms. I want a lazy, rainy day. The kind where you can stay in bed till eight, get up and keep your nightie on till noon and then sit by the window and stare out at nothing. No guilty feelings about not being out there pulling weeds. No frantic planning your day so you can get back by 2 so you can finish cleaning and then start dinner. Yes, I really DO want a rainy day. If you get one can I come to visit you and be lazy at your house?
'The Tea Knee Weather Report'
brought to you from Turkey Pit Rd.
It looks like we're going to have a clear night tonight. The fluid around my knee is down, we won't be seeing any rain. Around the first of the week there may be some clouds as my ankles are starting to swell and my shins are shiny. Any chance of showers will be later in the week, or not at all, depending if my knees start to ache. The frogs are sitting on the shady side of the pond, so it will be hot and humid. If we do get rain it will be north, south, east and west of us. When the horses are nibbling maple leaves you can be sure the ground is dry. Other than that, it will surely rain by Christmas. My weather guarantee! Free 'TEA for all' if I'm wrong. What other weather forecaster will do that for you? And I didn't have to get my degree in fooling people at a fancy school either!
I guess I get carried away, but we've been promised rain for so long now. My garden is so dry. I miss the lush soft grass and the smell of worms. I want a lazy, rainy day. The kind where you can stay in bed till eight, get up and keep your nightie on till noon and then sit by the window and stare out at nothing. No guilty feelings about not being out there pulling weeds. No frantic planning your day so you can get back by 2 so you can finish cleaning and then start dinner. Yes, I really DO want a rainy day. If you get one can I come to visit you and be lazy at your house?
posted by Prudence at 10:32 AM
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