The weather pattern is pretty much set for this week - sunny mornings and rain storms every afternoon.  Great for the flowers and lush foliage, but difficult for farmers who have crops to plant or hay to harvest.  The good news is that it's going to be a tad cooler by the end of the week, but we are also expecting more rainfall.  Not exactly what we need any more.  We've already had almost 4.5" of rain this month.  This morning I measured .57" in the rain gauge, but looking at  some of the other total precipitation in the area, we didn't get the brunt of the storm.  It seems to me the heaviest rain fell in the mountains.

We were on the road when it began to sprinkle, headed for Newport to the Eastside Restaurant  
to celebrate our anniversary. We were pleased that the sun was out by the time we got there, so we were able to sit on the deck.  It's really a lovely spot, and of course we took pictures.  There were lots of people there, some of them I'm sure came by boat to the marina; and there were tourists from Canada, as well as many locals.  They were busy, as usual, but we had great meals - Fred really likes their chicken and biscuits, and I had stuffed haddock with a really great lobster sauce.  The salad bar there is always great, too, so it's almost like having two meals instead of just one.  

We stopped at Price Chopper on our way home, and in the short time we were there, dark clouds came in from the northwest and the wind picked up to almost gale force.  We had apparently timed it just right and by the time we were a few miles down the interstate, we had hard rain.