They keep predicting rain

We are indeed needing rain, but all we're getting so far is a teaser consisting of far away thunder and sprinkles.  Tonight, they say, will be flash floods, gulley-washers, and sweet, sweet raindrops.  That's more or less what they say, but then you see the chances and realize we have a 40% chance of a passing thunderstorm.  Until I see it, I'll keep on using the soaker hose on my tiny garden.

Oops, I just looked at the weather; Kansas City is getting a fairly decent rainfall right now, and their weather often comes directly our way.  Oh, me of little faith.  As a matter of fact, I can hear the rainfall picking up now.  We shall see.  Below are pictures of my garden, taken just before the rain started.  I have different plantings of corn, beans, and beets.

A week from today our son arrives, and we're going shopping today in preparation.  We will stop at the thrift store and leave several boxes of stuff.  Yesterday I decluttered two closets and I'm so proud of myself!  You can see the floor in both of them now, and there are far fewer clothes in them.  I have a huge box full of children's books that I want to go through, keeping just my favorite ones.  Yes, MY favorites.  The ones I enjoyed reading to Cora the most when I babysat.  

Cliff works on his tractors every day.  He hasn't gotten the big White out of the barn yet; he's spending his time putting the 1650 Oliver back together.  He sold some Oliver weights yesterday thanks to Facebook Marketplace, weights that were for a different Oliver than he has.  Old weights bring good money, thanks to the many fans of classic and antique tractors.  My husband is $350 richer today, thanks to two heavy hunks of metal that he didn't need.

I made my favorite coconut cookies yesterday afternoon.  The recipe doesn't make a lot of cookies, but that's good, because I didn't want to heat up the house any longer than I had to.  The recipe says to cook them ten minutes, but I cook them for thirteen.  My oven is accurate, so I don't know why most cookie recipes say to cook them for 8 to 10.  

That's about all I have to say today.  I'm simply waiting for Cliff to decide when he wants to get up, get dressed, and go to Blue Springs.  Wow, it's really raining now!  Yea-haw!