Sweet Home Minnesotaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! C'mon, sing it with me now!

I will be heading home for a week of family visiting and friendly socializing next month (May 10-18). Let me know if you're in the cities that week for friendly or hostile socializing, if need be.

The crap-tastic weather forecast for the Raleigh area:

Flood Watch!
This afternoon. Cloudy with a chance of drizzle. Continued unseasonably cool. Highs in the mid 40s.
Tonight. Rain developing. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Thursday. Rain continuing. Highs in the upper 40s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Thursday night. Rain likely. Lows in the lower 40s. Chance of rain 60 percent.
Friday. Cloudy with a chance of rain. Highs in the lower 50s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
forecast courtesy of the NOAA @ www.weather.gov.

Glad I put my doors back on, I guess.

Pollen, Schmollen. Spring is here and that means one thing...



...time to take the doors off of your vehicle and drive around...



HIGHLY recommended.

Well, pollen season is in full bloom here in the Triangle, and everything is coated a dusty yellow. Thankfully it rained today and washed things off a little bit. The rainwater always collects in our deck chairs, but not usually with the odd yellow glow. We let one of the cats out on the front porch and after about five minutes she looked like she had been attacked with a highlighter.