Record Rain Month

 We might break the record for highest amount of rain in Oregon for April since recording started, the news said this morning.  

We have another week left of April, most of the days with rain forecast, although today we may not get measurable rain.   The news station touting the record breaking possibility is in Portland.  We never hear much about the rest of the state.  So the records they refer to are there, in Portland.  Here its been wetter, but I don't know how we stand here on rain compared to other April's.  I'd guess way ahead of the game.  Here's me participating in imaginery spring.

We do have a tiny local paper but you have to pay to read it online.  I did subscribe to the e edition awhile, but then they stopped sending the daily link, and their customer service is really terrible.  I could not get through on the phone. Then, when they tried to continue my subscription past the months I'd bought, although five of those months were useless, I threw a fit and finally got it cancelled so they wouldn't charge me, but it took many attempts to get through.   I won't sucker for that again.  Anyhow, its difficult to hear of anything going on locally.  In the dark, I am, regarding local area news.

Cat sitting again.  Not for much longer.   I wasn't going to do it, since I've gotten somewhat bitter over the asks on the block, without any return on the help.  I agreed to it though awhile back.   

You need the sound on for the video above, of myself and Lucy, the neighbors cat, watching Gigi, the garage girl, but owned by the people behind me, through the blinds.  

I have a few spots Monday but the people who feed the cats will trap for themselves.  I will just transport Monday.   Once again, the Harrisburg vet student will try to catch cats.  She has four of the five appointments dedicated to the trailer park hordes there.  After that, I have ten spots for all of May, then no more for the summer and I'm happy about that.

Speaking of Harrisburg, a couple weeks ago, someone found a homemade casket by a tree in the Harrisburg cemetery.  It contained a corpse.  The sheriff's department did finally ID the man but really know nothing about him, except his last known residence was Eugene.   He was in his 50's and quite over weight is all I heard and died of natural causes.  Who made the wood box he was found in?  Nobody knows and maybe never will.

I don't go to the park anymore.  Gas prices make it too expensive.  Instead I provide cat food to another person who lives near the park and she takes care of anybody left.  And there seem to be only two left of the park cats now.  TC has vanished.  Paws vanished a year ago.   Only Cumi, who is only seen occasionally, and Rocky, remain.  I'm thankful I got the teenagers out of there last fall.  They include the intrepid Little Dragon, who has a ball here with Smudge.  I don't miss going there at all.

Well it may not rain today which means I better try to mow the lawn because next week it may rain every single day.