I had planned to mow the lawn today.  It has been over five weeks since I last mowed it all and nearly two weeks since I mowed the damp areas where grass continued to grow.  Then the rain came.

This morning was strange.  The sky was overcast and their was light fog.  I brewed a pot of coffee, ate breakfast, checked and answered e-mail and made my rounds of favorite blogs.  Having finished that, and having nearly finished the coffee, I was about to check to online weather radar to see if I’d be able to get some mowing in before the forecast rain began.

Just as I was about to click the link to send my browser to the radar site, something at the window caught my attention.  I turned to look and saw . . . rain on the glass.  More was falling from the sky.  Oh well, no mowing this morning.

I visited the Intellicast radar loop for this region.  Sure enough, a low-pressure area was located over Lake Michigan just west of where Sylvia is vacationing with her dad and sisters.  They’ll be in the middle of it today.  It probably means a day of playing games around the table for them or maybe a shopping trip to town.  While the rain has stopped here, the radar shows more headed this way.

Today was Kitty Day on the blogs.  I got to see Hobbes, Grace, Livvy and Sherpa among others.  That’s what I needed.  I’m missing Sylvia (fortunately, she’ll return soon) and now I’m thinking about Midnight (who won’t) and it’s a rainy day.  🙁

What’s to do about it?  I say change my desktop wallpaper.  I chose this:

What do you think?