46 degrees May 26, 2017

It has been nice here recently, this morning it was 46 degrees F and foggy, then just a beautiful morning as the sun burned off the fog and started to warm things up. 

Super P is back home, April 23 river crest

Our peacock "Super P" left on April 1 this year for his spring break, see earlier post.

On April 23, 2017 the Emory river at Oakdale crested at 27.98 feet.  Clifty Creek road was closed, the water level was above the railings on both sides of the bridge across Clifty Creek.

I drove down to the bottom of the cliff that day and met a few neighbors who also wanted to see the high water, one neighbor asked if we were missing a peacock and I said yes and she said that he had shown up at another neighbors farm.

Yesterday Debby and Mary stopped by the neighbor's farm and Mary caught Super P and they brought him home.   When I got home from work yesterday I was greeted by Super P's familiar honk-honk greeting call. 

ice on windshield May 8, 2017, snow in the Smokies

Cool mornings lately, 41 degrees May 6, 37 degrees May 7, and 40 degrees May 8.
Excellent grass growing weather. 
I turned on the windshield wipers yesterday morning on my truck and was surprised to see the wipers create a small pile of ice.
Mt. LeConte in the Smokies has 6" of snow.
Springs and creeks flowing nicely.
Beautiful weather.