Squish, squish, squish.........

That is the sound you make as you walk across the swamp.... er, I mean yard.  We have had many days of heavy rain, storms, fog and gloom.  Delightful weather for mosquitoes and frogs, but since I am neither one of those, I am far from delighted.  Today started out promising with blue skies and just a slight amount of ground fog, but then up came black skies and a sudden downpour.  Blue skies and sunshine returned, but the air is heavy with humidity and the promise of more thunderboomers.  Or gullywashers as an old friend of mine used to call them.  Between the high humidity and the bane of my existence, pollen, it is quite unpleasant to be outside.  You would think that all of the rain would have knocked down the pollen levels, but that is not so.  I had grand ideas about transplanting a few of the tropical plants, but the rather difficult to breathe atmosphere quickly squashed that idea.  I had to kick the rest of the tropicals outside today since the old plant light in the basement finally kicked the bucket.  Hopefully it will not venture too far below 50 degrees outside any more nights or I will be dragging some plants indoors.  I am trying not to complain too much about the rain since in a few short months, I will be begging for it.  Too bad we can't stretch it out over the whole summer instead of having a year's worth of it in one month.  I am a little grumpy about it too, since I am on vacation this week.  I usually take a week off in May.  The forecast is for more of the same for about 2/3 of the time I am off.  So, being done outside for now, I am determined to save the rest of the day and go get some chores done than take an early shower, fix an early dinner, and spend the evening relaxing and knitting.  I did read a very interesting and enlightening book this morning.  The book is "Take Your Time: How to find Patience, Peace and Meaning" by Eknath Easwaran.  I read about this author while browsing one of my knitting books, "Mason-Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines" and I looked him up on Amazon.com. I read "Take Your Time" cover to cover this morning.  It seemed to speak to me directly, and it gave me lots to think about.  I am going to try to incorporate some of his principles for living in my own life. How appropriate that I discovered this book while reading about the activity that brings to me the most peace and yet at times requires a great deal of patience..........knitting!