Still Spring

It's still spring.  Yes, I know the calendar says we have nearly a month of spring left.  But, in central Texas, spring ends by mid-April. That's when the daytime temps are at least 90 every day and the sun is bright.  This year, thanks to El Niño, we are actually having a prolonged spring.  Lots and lots of rain.  Big, giant bucketfuls of rain.  Flooding, lots of flooding.  Terrific thunderstorms.  Even a tornado WARNING.  Yep, there was "rotation" in the storm the other night, headed right our way.  Enough of a concern that we became very alert to the weather instead of ignoring it.  Happily, that threat was nothing more than that.  Today promises to be more of the same, we are under a tornado watch all day and are expected to get several more inches of rain.  The lake is more than half full for the first time in 4 years, it rose 10 feet in 48 hours.  The extended forecast is for a wet, cool summer, with less than 10 days of triple digit temps.  Everything is very lush and green and the mosquitoes are insane.

There have been a few breaks in the rainy weather.  We got out last Friday evening to see/hear the Williamson County Symphony Orchestra.  They concert was superhero music - you can guess the program.  It was great, lots of fun.