84, PF? Ugh!
Winter hibernation.Well it ain't winter in southern MA anymore, Bunky! The weather is pretty spot-on perfect right now: lowish 70s and bone dry during the day, upper 40s overnight, and sunny. But only during the daytime.
Nice! We haven't been out to the Cape in the summer in ages. Last time we were there was about a decade ago. All I remember is lots of traffic. ridiculously high "in season" prices, and too many people milling around. Much different than my memories from only a few years before that (maybe 2004 or 2005?). We had a nice little timeshare cabin for a week in Mashpee. Walking distance to water, a detached cabin of our own, nice spring blooms everywhere - and very few people. Restaurant prices hadn't been hiked up yet, either.
Now if we want a summer shore day, we head to the coast in CT or RI. Same water and tasty seafood, fewer people and lower prices. Less touristy.
53 here. High of 86 - can't wait! [emoji38]
It's almost as dark as night, with rain pounding down and thunder rumbling. As a bonus, our area is currently under a tornado watch. I'm hoping our trees stay upright and the power stays on. Thankfully, we haven't had any winds...yet. I hope it stays that way.
Today's high was upper 70s. This weather will drop us down into the upper 50's tomorrow! Mother Nature, make up your mind already!
We had this covered, Addie. Don't forget, we're from the Midwest. Weather like this is nothing for us. It's the natives that I know that get all bundled up in knots that I worry about. In fact, when we moved here, we really missed big rain storms with the lightening and thunder. I'm not sure, though, if their increased frequency in New England is good for the locals' nerves!
Xenia Tornado. My not-yet SIL and her hubby were recently moved up from Kettering, OH, where they lived when he was a student at U-Dayton. He had graduated, got a job, and had been assigned to the Cleveland area autumn of '73. Since this was before cell phones or beepers or any quick-contact means, I would have been worried out of my mind had they still been living down there.
She loved fresh flowers, and there were many corner street sellers with buckets of flowers practically every day of the week. When we got back home, Mom came running out of the house yelling "get in here, there's a tornado warning in the area". I was maybe four at the time, didn't process it as anything more than a bad rainstorm with cool winds - and Mom probably lost a few years off of her life while we were gone. Thankfully, there were no reported tornadoes that time, as far as I know.
