Sunday - Sun, Thunderstorms, and Calm

Sunday was bright sunshine followed by pouring rain and thunder followed by clearing skies and sun once again. We grabbed the first sunshine opportunity to sit outside with our morning tea and coffee and the Sunday newspaper (in my case, the Sunday comic pages and my latest book). It was a delightful hour or so. 

When I'm sitting at the patio table enjoying my
drink of tea or whatever, this is my view. It's
wonderful, full of growing things, and certainly
turning into my happy place. 

After a while, the skied clouded up. I've had a maple tree growing in my front yard corner that I've been bugging DH to remove for two years or so. He took it into his head that today was the day and he knew just where he wanted it - helping to block line-of-sight from the Alzheimer's facility across the creek from us to our patio, and vice versa. 

This maple was growing next to the garage, and
I really didn't want a tree in that location. I asked
DH to pull it last year, but he didn't. Apparently
yesterday afternoon was the right time to
transplant it to the eastern bank. 

As we were watering the maple into its new home, the wind whipped up, the clouds roiled, and it looked like thunder and rain were going to hit quickly and hard. Indeed, that's exactly what happened, and a brief, but intense rain hit. Of course, we were both out under umbrellas, checking out the new drainage DH has been working on. It actually worked pretty well, just a couple of spots will need altering. We also put "clean the back gutters" onto the list for either the 4th or the upcoming weekend. Some serious blockages going on in there that have to be cleared. 

If you look in this longer view, you can see the
window of the Alzheimer's facility on the far
side of our creek. The window looks directly over
to our patio and patio table. I'm hoping the maple
will grow well and start to block their view of
us and our view of them. 

Afternoon naps, gourmet sausages for dinner, and "Endeavor" on the TV to round out the night made for a lovely Sunday. Today starts out with a bang - a shortened workout at the gym, quickly run to the shop and get the computers powered up, then off to an appointment with my doctor for my annual physical, then back to work. No time for breakfast today, I'm afraid. I'll have to grab a quick protein bar at the shop later. And so, I'm off. Have a wonderful Monday, stay cool and comfortable, and I'll return tomorrow. Have a great July 1st!