'Making hay while the sun shines....'

6:24 am - Saturday - May 4th - LPG&RVR - 49° F, humidity 55%, wind 20 mph out of the south.....heavy cloud cover this morning to be followed by rain, and then snow with a forecast high of 51° F.  On this date in 2013 TLE and I were overnighting at a Walmart in North Belle Vernon, PA....had the parking lot all to ourselves.....

.....isn't she beautiful?!

The clear, blue skies and balmy temperatures Friday morning gave no indication of the havoc that will be reeked beginning Saturday morning when it will rain most of the day, then snow all night, and then return to rain Sunday morning, then snow again in the afternoon.  Instead there was barely a breeze, and lots of sun as we began the first of four work days.  When three out of four of your workdays show rain and snow you must 'make hay while the sun shines' and that is what I did Friday.  After staging five golf carts (we eventually rented 12) I headed out to do my first round of the course.  I haven't been able to do much work in our sand traps yet this seasons as they have been wet most of the time, and it is hard to rake them when they are so.  However, the sprinklers have been off for a week, and with no measurable precipitation in a week they were ripe for the picking.  By the time I finished my round all four were raked, and I had weeded and raked the largest of them all.....hole #15.....

....after returning to the Clubhouse I got out one of the Stihl string trimmers and went to work around the putting green, and around the numerous trees that dot the grassy area on each side of the cart path leading to holes 1 and 10.  Once that was done I got out the John Deere riding lawnmower and mowed around the putting green, around the edges of the grassy areas where DeWayne cannot get with the large rough mower, then mowed the tee boxes for hole #10 for the first time this season.  By the time I finished it was time to give TLE her lunch break.

After lunch I made another round of the course as marshal, then picked up the Husqvarna riding mower to head out to the tee boxes at hole #3....I noticed some smoke in the distance up near Eagle Mountain.....

.....upon my return I mowed the grass around the large pavilion, then began cleaning the golf carts which had been returned.  By 5 pm all 9 of the Yamaha gassers had returned, but none of the three Club Car gassers, so I'll have to deal with them Saturday morning before the rains come.

Being a Friday bacon was on the menu, and below is the ultimate proof of love from TLE.....2 fried eggs over easy on a bed of hashbrowns, with the star of the show....bacon.....a nice way to end any Friday.....

.....Friday's temp got all the way to 67° F making it the warmest day in a week, but winter is still lurking just around the corner as we return to wintery conditions for the next three days.

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