I looked up the weather for the June averages:
- ONE sunny day
- ONE degree below average overnight
- TWO degrees below average daytime
- precipitation - same
Now may people around here might say "typical" BUT I have lived here all my life and 2 years in a row is NOT typical. We had drizzles to downpours (this many downpours is NOT typical). We usually have a better ratio of sunny days to cloudy AND we don't usually have rain every day in June. Yes, it is considers a damp month BUT NOT EVERYDAY! The benefits are a beautiful green start to summer but grass is growing at a faster rate and it's always green this time of year anyway. The really bad part is when you put out tomatoes, they don't like the rain. The almost good part is the extended spring, lettuces and peas are not winding down yet. The wierd thing is I have had to start 4 fires in the stove to ward off the damp (the house feels cold when damp). In the 6 years living here I have NEVER had a fire in June but after 3 - 4 days of damp and rain you can feel it and the house was actually cold.
As I write; the sun is dancing across my living room, bright, soft, the leaves enhancing it's mood. I look west and ugh! the clouds are building and black! more rain? Oh wait 5 minutes (or an hour) there is the sun again!
Dump run again (we don't have pick up) this time household and some clean up, also a couple of sacks for the good will.
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