After a stormy, rainy Friday, Mother Nature finally cut us a break and gave us a gorgeous weekend with temps hovering in the low-seventies before starting the week off with cooler rainy weather. Again. Mother Nature must be going through Menopause, because she’ll send a heat wave one week, but follow that up with a few Frost Advisories. I’m holding off planting anything in my garden or flower beds until Memorial Day Weekend to see if she stabilizes between now and then.
Today is the 30th Anniversary of Mount St. Helens eruption:
Mother Nature sure can be a force to be reckoned with.
Princess Nagger only has 14 days of school left. She would have had 11, but there are Snow Days to be made up. You can tell the short-timers attitude is starting, though – less homework is being sent home daily, and what homework there is is pretty fun. Good thing, since the homework usually requires input from me – fun is much better than tedious.
And finally, the weekly shot of the pond:
Notice the giant yellow mug and yellow tool box that was a jury-rigged extra filter are now gone. Hubby finally got rid of those this weekend when he cleaned out the actual filter system. The fish are probably happy about that. Though they’re probably frightened of that ginormous purple bobber.
Short and sweet this week! Head over and visit Keely at The Un-Mom for some fun randomness and get your own Random on!
30 years? Seriously? How could that be? I remember that clear as day and I’m only 29 – sigh. Where does time go?
.-= ash would like you to read ..Ok, who brought the tainted potato salad to the last potluck? =-.
My dad used to have a jar full of ash from Mt. St. Helens. I wonder if he still has it? It might have gotten tossed in all the time he’s moved since then!
Your pond looks gorgeous! I’m holding off on the flower beds, too, for the same reason!
.-= Ginny Marie would like you to read ..Garage Sale Find on Take Me Back Tuesday! =-.
We had a nice weekend too. Too bad I feel like crap and couldn’t enjoy it. Now it’s icky and raining again.
.-= Joanie M would like you to read ..Luck O’The Irish =-.
yay on the 14 days…us as well…cant wait to get my playmates back…smiles.
.-= brian would like you to read ..160 – for love & a good book =-.
I always say I’ll wait until after Memorial Day, but the nice weekends before then just trap me into thinking I’m wasting precious flower time. Thank god the boys keep me too busy to plant right now!
Less homework is good. We didn’t have any last night because of a PTA meeting. Guess attendance is low.
I thought of you last week when Handsome came home with his spelling list. The only word he had trouble with was DINOSAUR. I thought “Princess Nagger can help you with that one.”
We have rainy today too. It makes me sleepy.
.-= Rachele would like you to read ..Joe Corbi’s Crayola Pizzas =-.
I’m with Mama Badger – I chant “Memorial Day Weekend” but end up planting on the first nice weekend that comes along in May. Keeping my fingers crossed against frost…
30 years????? GEEEEZ, I’m old.
.-= Jan would like you to read ..RTT: Family Matters =-.
what a lovely garden. I need to catch up on your blog pictures.
[I do a lot of reading at work and for some reason yours won’t work]
.-= vodka logic would like you to read ..Birthday Pictures 🙂 =-.
Glad the fish are happy. And that purple bobber thingy probably has them all a flutter. Ha! I love your pond by the way…it is beautiful.
Hugs
SueAnn
.-= SueAnn would like you to read ..Random Tuesday…Really it is!!! =-.
The pond is sure looking beautiful. Fourteen days till no more school. Yay. I know you have lots of ideas of things you want to do with your cutie pie this summer.
.-= Technobabe would like you to read ..Walking The Dog =-.
Your pond looks beautiful.
.-= Shana Putnam would like you to read ..Random Ramblings Today & Covermate Winner =-.
Love your pond… Sometimes wish I had the space where I live to have one.
Funny how they tend to be more lax when the end of the school year approaches. Hopefully you won’t have a huge assignment due at the start of the year.
Thanks for your randomness,
.-= Christopher (AKA: CaJoh) would like you to read ..F2: Mother’s Day Dinner =-.
We’re still having “real” homework, and this mom is plenty tired of it!
.-= Mama Zen would like you to read ..Not Holding My Breath =-.
I was 2 when Mt. St Helens erupted, and it happened two days before my brother was born. Wow!
.-= Kristina P. would like you to read ..Marrying Birthdays and Immeasurable Advice =-.
Mother nature and I have a lot in common 🙂
That picture is amazing. I know how devastating that eruption was but my god, those pictures are just breath taking. To see what this world can do. Scary.
30 years? Wow! I was a kid in the San Francisco Bay Area then, and I remember we had ash on our cars!
.-= Jill C. would like you to read ..Taking It Easy =-.
It’s hard to believe it has been 30 years. Now I’m starting to feel old. Hopefully the next 30 will go by a little slower.
.-= The Urban Cowboy would like you to read ..The Smell of Green Grass =-.
What a cool pond. How do you keep your fish alive. Mine go belly up within days of purchase. Whenever I bring home new fish my family starts giving them last rites.
Still loving your pond – we are getting lots of rain too, what strange weather we have had so far this year indeed
The pond looks so peaceful. So does Mother Nature need a pill 🙂
.-= Debby would like you to read ..THERE ARE SIGNS EVERYWHERE =-.
I’ve not been a fan of the weather lately either. I’m excited that school’s almost out. Just a few more days left here. My oldest son got his first detention today. Nothing like holding out till the end of the school year to get one!
mother nature must be pms’ing…it is freezing here, rainy..ugggggggg ;(
I love the pictures of your pond. If I had that in my backyard, I would be gazing at it all day. I wouldn’t go near it since there’s frogs in there, but would love to look at it.
.-= Sprite’s Keeper would like you to read ..Tis a gift to be simple, tis a gift to be free. =-.
The pond is beautiful!
And I love the idea of Mother Nature in menopause, very clever.
.-= Maureen@IslandRoar would like you to read ..Martha’s Vineyard: Edgartown =-.
Ugh. I was ten when St. Helen’s went off. Sigh.
The pond looks fantastic.
.-= Captain Dumbass would like you to read ..My Week =-.
The pond is beautiful. Tell hubby great job. Love the purple ball, add pizazz! I’m a purple person!
.-= Suzicate would like you to read ..Freaks, Geeks, And Squeaks =-.
Yesterday was a beautifully rainy day, but today? Back to hot as hades. Blech. I hate Florida.
Justine 😮 )
.-= Justine would like you to read ..Some Kind of Wonderful =-.
It’s just greener than green over there!!!
.-= blueviolet would like you to read ..Little Tiger – W/W =-.
I love your brook!
.-= kyooty would like you to read ..Friday Fill-ins, the Weekend got away from me =-.
That pond is gorgeous! Mother Nature is Menopausal out here in CA too – she had a hot flash last week, but today she’s cold.
.-= Gretchen would like you to read ..Spin Cycle: Release =-.