Rain!

The rainiest month of year has started with a vengeance.

It has rained every day this month, although today the rain didn't start until 2 PM. So, not too bad...if you like rain.

I met the gardener this morning and got him working, then I went into town to eat breakfast at Olga's.

I ate alone until one of my favorite couples came in to eat.

He is 92 and she is in her early 80's. Not only are they function but they are also vibrant.

She is a Texas girl and he is a southern gentleman. She speaks her mind without any editing which I find delightful. He keeps his council inside, while enjoying her outspokenness.

She is famous for saying about a new woman in town, who made everyone her enemy in about one week, "Someone is going to kick the shit out of her!"

Gotta like that straight talk...and she was right. The new woman fled the country in about 3 months.

I had no intention of sitting at Olga's for 2 hours but they are so much fun, I let myself drift along for a while.

When I got home, the gardener was using his machete to trim the grounds.

Why the machete?

He had our Weed Whacker repaired over the last 4 weeks. When he tried to fire it up, it broke again.

This is probably a gardener's nightmare...having to use a machete all day.

Now that is work.

I took him back to town because it was raining and we found another repair shop for the Weed Whacker.

I hope this one does the trick. Or he'll be macheteing for a long time.