Strange Weather

When I saw the forecast for today, I knew I needed to take advantage of the cooler temperatures and low humidity to get outdoors. About 9 a.m. I parked my car in the shade of the lot closest to the trail start at Grace College. After 2 decades of living in hot Texas, I am programmed to look for shade.

There were a few stretches that were tranquil. I was alone and surrounded by bird song. From time to time, walkers or a bike would approach me. However, there is a section that runs almost parallel to Pierceton Road. The sound of cars on the road is quite noticeable. Over near the Boys City Drive, some kind of machinery was stirring up dust and banging along. Maybe they are increasing the parking lot? That would be nice as often the spots are full.

I took along my camera. Most of the vegetation is what you would expect to find along a roadside/trailside that had disrupted the soil.

Some kind of thistle?

 Clover

 Daisy family?

Huge swaths of milk thistle which the bees were liking.

Cherry Creek had running though not gushing water.

There are houses right along the trail. Often the backyard but sometimes the whole house right next to where you walk.

Because of the construction, I chose to head toward the Chestnut Street entrance to the trail. I exited there, and since I wasn't too far from where my in-laws once lived, I headed toward Cherry Avenue. On the way, I spotted Winona Lake down an alley type of extension, so headed to Park Avenue via this lane.

I had noticed something bright yellow. It was some kind of seaplane. Unfortunately, my photo did not turn out.

I continued on Park until I was closer to my intended destination. The house my husband's folks lived in has been entirely remodeled with the entrance changed to where the backdoor was.

The garage has been made into a storage/display area for the interior decorator that bought the property.

She had some comfy chairs in the shade and a cute planter at the edge of the driveway.

My father-in-law used to keep a fishing boat at the dock about half a block from his house.

After arriving home about 10:40 I showered, and we ate lunch in the sunroom. At 2:45 we had a brief but hard rain shower. Since then we have had 5 rounds of showers (now 5:40 p.m.), two of which had grape and pea sized hail. The temperature dropped from 76 to 58. It has warmed up a bit, but it is back down to 60. I had planned to grill pork chops; looks like handy George Foreman grill will do instead. We have had bits of sunshine interspersed in the showers. Tomorrow is supposed to be comfortable. I think I will bake some zucchini bread.

I did make a pair of earrings from the purple beads I got free from the yard sale on Saturday. I combined a round and a cone with a smoky bead left from one of my earliest beading projects. I like them.