Well Amos and Gary, it may be sunny and calm or snowy and muffled for raising the dead where you are, but here we are waking the dead with the din of the thunder and lightning.

I wanted the yard to get some rain, I need to finish weeding, but now I'll have to wait several days for it to dry enough to work in. [slaps forehead] Hope for a *little* rain, Get the dictionary definition of "gully washer." If the book has a photo, it's of the standing water in my back yard.