Our turn

 

What a nice day yesterday. Not a cloud in the sky and warm enough for just a light jacket. I got in over an hour of peaceful yard work with just the birds for company. 

My brother Dave also drove up from Enumclaw in the morning. We hadn't been together since Thanksgiving in Twisp, so exchanged gifts (Cougar Gold cheese and French champagne, thanks!) We had a relaxed lunch (white chili, cabbage salad and sweet cornbread) followed by a taste of genuine English "figgy pudding." 

John bought it at Husky Deli in December. Very dense stuff that tasted somewhat like the filling in Fig Newtons, but better. It must have been the rum. The British have been making Christmas puddings for a long time.

So now it's our turn at the fire hose with the warm atmospheric river pointed north tomorrow. They are talking about inches of rain in the lowlands over the next two days, with heavy snow followed by melting in the mountains. 

Even the Methow Valley, the favored cold spot of the state, will get rain over the next few days. I can only imagine the sloppy mess with snow coming off the roofs and the mountains of snow around town melting. Speaking of roofs, so far so good. John says this is called "proof testing." An engineering term meaning see if it breaks.