Monday, May 2, 2016

Weather It Is (High Noon)

Good Afternoon:

The wind is blowing and a storm appears to be on the horizon.

However, it is a storm that will bring high heat to many locations.  Along with the heat will come dust, although the dust will be confined mostly to the center and south (with very high concentrations over the south).

The storm will be a fast mover, and its passage Tuesday night will usher in (in contrast) much cooler air.  The dust will also be pushed to the east (the Country of Jordan will probably have a severe dust storm ahead of this storm on Wednesday).  The cooler air (if not chilly air) should last into the end of the week.

There will be the possibility of some light rain as the colder air makes its entrance.  Another storm at the end of the week could bring heavier showers.

Mid-next week will likely see warmer temperatures, if not hot temperatures again, and they should last more than a day.

Have you ever noticed that dogs will eat cat food, but cats won't eat dog food.  In fact, cats won't eat food lying around, while dogs will.

Still, our cats are not as smart as they think they are.  For instance, they won't eat food that has been left in their bowl, but they will eat food that comes out of the plastic container (even though it is the same food).

Sounds crazy, to be sure.

Yet, I made a major step forward in my life when it finally occurred to me (said my mother) that a cat is a cat.  From then on, I stopped trying to control and tame the lions (of the house), and began to work with them.  If they want special food, they get it.  If they want chicken from the oven, they get it. If they want to come in/out, they do.  I am so much more relaxed than I used to be!

But, if you think of it, wives and husbands are not really any different.  For instance, a cat will look at you and say very little -- and yet you are suppose to figure out what it wants.  Don't wives do the same thing?  On the other hand, one can tell a dog a 1000 times not to do something (or vice versa), and yet it seems to have very little effect on behavior.  Aren't husbands really the same?

A cat is discreet.  A cat will preen itself.  A dog will not. It should be clear which is which.

Lastly, it always seems that cats have infinite patience.  They are willing to wait for what they want, and yet they don't cause a ruckus while they do.  On the other hand, our dog will sit in one place, and then sit in another.  It will whine a bit, and grumble in a dog sort of way -- in the hope for a tidbit of this or that.  A dog is always there, underfoot.  Well, husbands....

Barry Lynn




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