Rain, Legos & Simon . . .

There has been a drastic weather change the last couple days.  I believe it is called rain.  I have heard of it, but I haven't seen any of it for weeks.  It started raining Tuesday night.  By Wednesday morning, I had .73" of it in my rain gauge.  This morning I had 2.24" more in my rain gauge.  That is a bit over 3" in about a day and a half.  The nice thing about it was that is was a reasonably gentle, soakin type rain.  No flooded streets or yards.  The landscape is turnin green as I type. I'm just wonderin how much, if any, of my lawn is beyond help.  There were more weeds than grass when I moved here eight years ago.  I tore it up and replant with a drought tolerant variety of grass.  It has held up very well.  Time will tell how many burned out lawns we have around here.  


It was rainin yesterday mornin when I went garage salin.  I stopped at my favorite gas station coffee for some gas station coffee.  As I was parkin, I started wonderin how many people try to buy coffee at the drive-thru window.  I think those drive-thru windows are kinda stupid anyway.  If ya can't walk into the place to get what ya want, them maybe you don't really need it.  Anyway, I went in and got my own coffee.  Then I asked the young lady if many people try to buy coffee at the drive-thru window.  She said every once in while someone will try it, but it doesn't work very well.  She did say if there is someone that they know who can't get around very well, they will get coffee for them.  


Pretty much drew a zero on the garage sales yesterday and even today.  Wednesday, I blogged about the Legos I found at the only garage sale listed in the newspaper.  Yesterday PM,  I listed them.  It took just under an hour for them to sell!  Got $35.00 for them.  Not bad for a $3.00 purchase!!  Now if I could do that a couple times every week . . . 



For some reason Simon was very interested in that box of Legos.  He was not a happy cat when I sealed up the box to take it to the Post Office.  Here he is pouting.  He obviously hasn't learned that everything that goes on around here revolves around him.  I sometimes wonder if he will learn that.  


I see where Burger King is offering bacon sundaes now . . . for a limited time, of course.  Gotta wonder if they expect a big percentage of their customers to try it once.  Don't think I'm gonna be one of them.


A retired man bought an unused church here in town.  He is makin it into a restaurant and a couple other enterprises.  Apparently it has been a long time since the building has been used as a church or the bell has been rung when it was a church.  No one knew anything about the bell.  The owner figgered that the bell had been removed and was at best in someone's barn somewhere.  It seems that a worker was explorin the bell tower for whatever reason . . . and . . .  guess what . . . he discovered a bell up there.  Why would the bell to a church be in the bell tower???  I don't know either.  The story was on the front page of the local newspaper . . . Such is life in a small town . . .