Ever since I was a
small child I have heard the saying April showers bring May flowers. Here in
the Northwest it is very true.
In Gig Harbor the first
couple days of the month it has been nice and the weather this morning looks
pretty good; however, the weather forecast for the next week is showers. Of
course, it is never a surprise to have showers in April. I would say it is very
routine to have showers here in April though over the years I have seen some
pretty good weather as well.
In some ways it is a
little funny because on television I have seen weather being different than
ours just a few miles away. In Federal Way which is less than twenty miles they
had lightning storms in the late afternoon. It split some trees in half, and in
Seattle they had hail. I almost thought they were showing weather from another
state. Last night on television they talked to a man who took a video which
they viewed as well where lightning hit an airplane. It was quite a showing,
and lucky the plane did not go down and no injuries.
I have experienced here
in Gig Harbor on a number of occasions where it is raining on half of the
harbor and sunny on the other half. On one occasion last year I was driving on a
road where it was raining on one side and not on the other. The strangest
experience I ever had was when I was a student at Tacoma Community College in
the 90s where I was leaving the school, and I was in the parking lot. There was
this one cloud in the sky, and every-where else it was blue sky; however, that
cloud decided to follow me to my car. It rained on me all the way to my car
though no rain anywhere else. It is something I have never forgotten since I
have never had an experience like that since.
Since it was a mild
winter around here this year it nice to see that the mountains are finally
getting some snow. It likely will not be enough to have the normal yearly snow
fall. I asked someone who was up at Mount Rainer this last Monday whether she
saw any snow. She said there was some at the very high levels. Since the
weather has been so mild flowers have bloomed early this year so hopefully we
will not see the April showers ruin them.
Anyway whether you have
showers or sun this April I wish you all a wonderful month. I hope all your
dreams and blessings come true. For those that are going through difficult times
they will be resolved. My next writing will be on Easter since I will be going
in on my heart procedure early Monday morning. I hope to be able to write again
next Wednesday depending on how I feel. It usually takes a lot to keep me down.
Have a great weekend as well.
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