Lovely weather for it

Wouldn't you know it.

Since I got here in mid-February, we've had .05 inches of rain -- yes, half of a tenth -- except on Feb. 26, when we got a whopping .17. We're a few inches under the seasonal average. Just yesterday, I mentioned to our neighbor J.J. that Ref had been lucky that way -- nothing to get the materials wet.

So when the roof guys got to the house Friday morning to put down the weatherproof underlayer, I don't have to tell you what happened.

There wasn't much drizzle -- just enough to drive the tourists under Duval's awnings, and enough to scatter the roof guys.

Before you could say "subtropical," the clouds scudded south and the guys scrambled up under pearl-gray clouds and got it done.