...causing forced idleness, some arm-chair reading, a trip to the coffee shop, computer work, and short dog-walks.

A fat ribbon of rain (as seen on on radar) has been streaming northward, from Rockport to Sault Ste. Marie, all day, just barely inching westward. Although it looks like the heaviest dumps have been in the St. Louis area, we are getting significant moisture, which is good for the Canada hemlock planted in the way-back a few years ago. I had pretty much given up on the tree, but am now delighted to see it staging a strong comeback.