A VERY, VERY, Rainy Day

It rained hard during the night; then this morning, it POURED! And then it poured some more! We had planned to head down to the western most portion of Alabama on Mobile Bay today to Fort Morgan, but it was way too wet outside!

About three-thirty or so the rain slacked off so we were able to go for a short walk around the RV park. There are probably thirty or so of these little rental cabins scattered around the park. Most of them seemed to be occupied this holiday weekend.

I've seen lots of these pyracantha bushes around the property --

I love the red berries!

It was so wet and nasty out today, even the vultures weren't flying..

As we walked back towards Auntie Violet, the clouds lightened up  and we could see some blue sky

through the trees. The remaining clouds were turned golden by the setting sun --

Unfortunately, the break in the clouds did not last and tonight it is again intermittently raining hard. The weather channel shows the storm heading northeast and out to sea. It can hurry up and do it as far as I am concerned!

A Rainy Day, A Lazy Day

Oh, what a lovely day! We didn't get up very early this morning -- and that felt really good!

After lunch (avocado slices on artisan olive bread toast and fresh California oranges) we took a drive up to Galesville Reservoir about 16 miles from the campground. We only saw a few birds, but it was a gorgeous drive. We saw vultures, ravens, a spotted sandpiper, and tree swallows.

This verdant green country is so different from the mountainous desert that we have been enjoying for the last several months.

It's early spring here with lots of fruit trees in bloom as well as the dogwoods in the forest:

They almost look like patchs of snow in amongst the trees. There are not nearly the wildflowers yet that we have gotten used to seeing in Dulzura, there are mostly California poppies in sunny areas and these early lilies in the shady areas:

We got back to Seven Feathers just before it started raining in earnest (we'd had short sprinkles all day); had an email chat with Grand Daughter Havela; put spareribs into the oven; and relaxed a while before we went over and enjoyed the hot tub for a bit.

Indeed a lovely, lazy, rainy day!