May has been very wet and rainy, including another round of light rain and then heavier thunderstorms yesterday. I was out on a shopping expedition and hadn't expected the front that moved in, so I was lucky to be in the car when the thunder and lightning started and the rain was heaviest.
This morning is pretty - mostly clear skies and a light breeze. Very springlike - the kind of weather I was looking forward to enjoying in my first month of retirement. I went out to plant a couple of basil plants in the garden, and the morning was perfect. The plants are installed now, and I'm hoping they'll do well. The last ones that I put out, which were smaller, were attacked by some insect and didn't survive. The strawberry plants are gigantic this year - I've been trying to figure out how the strange spring weather accounts for that. They bloomed and bore fruit several weeks earlier than normal as well.
When I'm out running errands - or more accurately, walking errands - I've begun taking different routes home, walking streets that I've never been on before. Often I'll end up down at Sligo Creek, and then take the trail back home. It's a treat to have the time to do that, and not be in a hurry all the time.
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