It seems like the rain has finally stopped with this storm. But so far the sky is still a leaden color and it's cold. My little peach tree has already gotten its blossoms, lost them and gotten green leaves. However the orange trees haven't blossomed yet. I checked online and it seems they bloom in the spring, but exactly when varies from year to year depending on the local weather. Maybe all this bad weather has left the orange trees thinking it's still winter.
Everything is so soggy that I haven't felt like going outside which means its a good time to be at the computer. Since it's been awhile since I wrote the last Crochet Mystery, it's taken awhile to remember all the characters and figure what they've been up to. It'll be the fifteenth book in the series and I have to bring readers up to speed on how the characters got in the predicament they're in. I think the title will be Killer Hooks.
I can see that the sun came out. It always amazes me how that brightness instantly lifts my mood. There's hope that chairs outside will dry and I will be able to take my coffee out in the yard and bask in the light and warmth.
Last night we went to IKEA, to get a few things and to eat. The food is good and inexpensive and the eating area has huge windows with a view of the mountains, the 5 freeway and even the Metrolink trains as they head into the San Fernando Valley. The sky was very dynamic with bunched up dark clouds and lighter spots as though the bad weather was trying to make its last stand. It was nice to sit there and look out.
On the ride there we were treated to a very vivid rainbow. It was so bright, it looked as if someone had taken markers and drawn the colors in the sky.
But now it's time to get back to Molly. I left her in mid conversation with her best friend Dinah as they discuss the predicament Molly has found herself. Little do they know that murder in waiting in the wings.