when it rains it pours

The weather in Oklahoma has always been unpredictable but it's becoming more so as the years go by. Last year at this time I was watering the garden every few days. Now, it rains so often I haven't had to water once. And, because of the rain it's hard to keep up with the weeds. While it's raining I'm inside reading a book, but the weeds are busy with their plot to take over the garden. We pick vegetables every day. We're producing far more than we can consume, a fact that our neighbors and family members appreciate since they are the beneficiaries of our surplus.

Last week a lightning strike nearby took out my computer modem and the electronic control on Dorothy's stove. I replaced the modem and control myself. I can't do without my computer and Dorothy can't do without her oven. It was an expensive proposition. A limb blew off a huge tree and onto our roof. I'm waiting for the rain to ease up a bit and my neighbor will help me get it off of the house.

Dorothy entered a baking contest where she works and out of about twenty entries she won 2nd place with her "That's Incredible" cake. It's hard to believe she was beaten by a plain old apple pie. It must have been a phenomenal pie since Dorothy's cake had a silky smooth texture of chocolate and marshmallows and nuts plus it was coated with a sinful ganache.