rains, a severe thunderstorm warning, and bushfires

Looks like nature’s mocking me. I’m sobbing into a bucket—well, sorta—because of a depressing report and the skies are overcast.

grey skies above my vegetable garden

And yeah, as I tap away at the keyboard for this post, the rains are raining on my pity parade!

the rains from outside my bedroom window

But don’t mind me.

I’m actually grateful Heaven’s deemed to bless me and my gardens with rain today. My garden could use the moisture for the next few days. (Then again, just after it had a whole lotta soaking yesterday. Dayum!)

rain-soaked vegetable garden, from a window perch

And the forecast is picking up (or gearing down, depends on the way you see it) into the weekend. Relative to weather that’s more spring-like, that is.

forecast from aApril 21-24, 2012.
screencap from the weather channel desktop app

We’re back to temperate mid-70s temperatures during the day, with a little cloud cover to make tending the garden more comfortable. But that’s only until the weekend. As the next week gears up, we return to unseasonably warm spring weather.

forecast from april 25-29, 2012.
screencap from the weather channel desktop app

The rains and thunderstorms may not be what the Florida Forest Service ordered this week and the next though.

The forecast just means their work tamping down brushfires may have dialed up. What with all the lightning that could lick dry grass, linger for a few days, and go in for the incendiary kill in a few days fire department heads are saying the wildfire danger index has just gone the “Extreme” end.

image by cfnews13.com

Currently, there are 91 active wildfires across Florida and some 40,000 acres have already paid the price for it. Sad. Hope there are no more bushfires lighting up this season.