A Break in the Rain

It's been raining most of the past eight days.  Maybe more.  Nine days ago I was in the U.P., so I don't know for sure what the weather was at this little place here on that date.  Nice to get a normal April rain, especially since last year was so very dry.  Yet, all the cloudy days one after another do tend to be a downer.  And there is a ton of outdoor stuff to do, ninety-nine point ninety-nine percent of which can't be done in the rain or on waterlogged ground.

Yesterday we did get a brief break between showers.  Well, okay, probably six or seven whole hours without rain!  And today, too, has been mostly dry (as I type this, thunderstorms are moving in and rumbling off to the south).

However, while the sun was out, and I was working outside on various tasks, I took some pictures.

blue sky!

leaves beginning to open on a lilac bush

daffodils in bloom on the south side of the house

bird footprints in mud puddle

raccoon and bird prints in mud puddle

crocus