I think fall has arrived early this year, and what a welcome guest, though some sunshine would be nice. This morning I boiled my first pot of water for tea on the drive to work; I have started wearing socks again; and the nights and mornings are dramatically cooler, causing us to close up the windows that haven't been closed since the spring.
Even more exciting, it rained yesterday. Not a typical downpour of the summer months, the kind that lasts five minutes and evaporates in twenty. No it was drizzly and wet all evening, and by nighttime it was a steady plinking on the roof. The rain barrel filled, and the ground was still damp this morning. Plants and people alike rejoice!
And even more exciting than that?!?!? I walked over to the house to check out how the roof did, and it did great! No water in the basement, and only a little water around the open doorway where the rain blew in. Whoop whoop! The house has been taking a breather, as have Tom and I, since Labor Day, but we hope to rent a concrete sander this weekend and polish up our basement floors before we really close it in. It will be a dusty, dusty job, but better to do it early and get the dust blown out.
Hooray for rain and hot tea and dry homes!
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