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It was so disappointing not to be able to see the big moon that we were all hyped up to see tonight. As much as we really need the rain, it’s too bad that it had to be so cloudy tonight of all nights. Folks all over Facebook has been complaining that they can’t see it as well so I guess it’s just not right around here that the clouds have dampened the excitement of seeing such an unusual occurrence.

Since we have finally gotten the much needed rain these past couple of days it has given me a chance to tackle some of the indoor tasks that have been being neglected due to the wonderful warm weather that has brought so many of us outside for the past month or go. There has been a flurry of outside activity just about anywhere you look due to this extreme weather this spring, when normally we wouldn’t be seeing this much action going on for another couple of weeks or so. But with no rain to speak of lately there has been a lot of concern with the Global Warming issue so we are all grateful for the April showers to finally come into play. After all it is the April Showers that bring the May flowers that we all enjoy as well as a good amount of other vegetation that needs our precious rain waters to grow.

So after getting a good chunk of the inside chores taken care of it is nice to be able to kick back and spend some time on my laptop online. I have really started to enjoy reading a variety of blogs that are becoming so popular on the Internet. Funny how blogs have become so popular over just the last couple of years. You’d be hard put to find someone that doesn’t know what a blog was.

One of my favorite websites is frugaldad.com, which I read about from the New York Times a while back and I actually managed to remember the URL all the way back home (normally I forget websites that I want to check out if I don’t write them down and I normally don’t write them down) so it must have made some type of impression on me. At frugaldad.com the writer compiles a lot of good information that is intended to help his readers save money in these economically challenged times. You can find coupons, articles and links galore there that I have taken advantage of from time to time. Like at Christmas I found a good amount of toys r us deals there that helped saved some of our hard earned cash since we have a large amount of small children in the family right now.

The rain is supposed to let up by the weekend, which works out real well. There are a lot of good outdoor things planned for this weekend all over the surrounding counties that would be devastated if it were to rain and I plan on attending a couple myself before the weather turns real hot and then we start staying inside with the a/c cranked up.

There is just something about the concept of rain harvesting that really appeals to me, so I have been looking around at various rain barrels for sale using the Internet for all that it is worth. We have all ready been told that since we didn’t have much snow this winter that we will be experiencing a water shortage this summer which will be a real pain in the rear for the whole community that really takes their luscious looking landscaping seriously.

From what I hear rain barrels are making a come back and I for one am jumping on the band wagon along with all the others that are going to do what they can to keep some of the rain that comes now work for us later when we need it. Rain barrels have come a long way. They are made in various shapes and sizes and not only made out of wood like the ones that were used back in the day. You might want to consider checking them out as well and see if you have a desire to harvest some of the precious water that we all take for granted all year round.

It’s a good thing that it is finally raining today or all of the window boxes that I worked so hard to get ready for this year’s season wouldn’t stand a chance with this heatwave that we have been experiencing this Spring. They are all ready talking about putting water restrictions in place soon if we don’t get a lot more rain than what we have been getting so far.

These particular flower boxes are very special to the wife and I. They belonged to her grandmother who was known all over town for her green thumb and her beautiful windowboxes. It took several years to get these window boxes from her estate, what a tangled mess that whole thing turned out to be, but we finally have them and each year it is a pleasure to see them all flowing over with beautiful and colorful flowers in the carefully chosen window sills through out the house.

The windowbox seems to be making a come back as I am seeing more and more of them being used around town. Spring is my favorite time of year and as the old saying goes “April flowers bring May flowers” so bring on the rain!!!

Spring is just around the corner!  I just can’t wait to get outside and do some walking and smell Mother Nature! I noticed just the other day just how many birds have started to come back from their winter homes.

The trees are starting to bud, the days are getting longer and longer, the air smells fresh, and all the little flowers are starting to pop up through the ground. It’s been an amazing winter, makes me wonder what summer has in store for us.