2021 Life Logs, Day 151: Memorial Day 2021
Date: Monday, May 31, 2021
Weather: Overcast and Misty; High 57, Low 51 Degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
I hate to be negative, but I believe this was the most miserable Memorial Day weekend in recent memory. I went through my logs and copied at the end of this log my personal weather reports for each Memorial Day weekend since I have lived on Cape Cod. You might not agree, but I really think this weekend deserves the Most Miserable award.
That said, today was the best of the of three-day weekend. We haven’t seen the sun since Friday, but at least it was only misty today. There was no real rain. The temperature was the same as yesterday, but without the rain, it felt a little warmer. Ollie came over early afternoon to meet Leana, the new neighbor that is his age. Ollie, Leana, and Leana’s older brother Charlie who is Jonah’s age, immediately hit it off. I gave them buckets and nets and they started catching little critters in the water off the dock. Shadow was running and playing with their dog Hugo while the kids were on the dock and somehow Shadow managed to knock Ollie in the water. He easily scrambled back on the dock, but we had to go do a clothes change. He didn’t have extra clothes, but he had his wet suit with him. He put that on and then went to launch the kayaks. Charlie and Leana are new to kayaking, so Ollie took them out to give them a lesson. Charlie managed to capsize, but Ollie retrieved the kayak and Charlie swam to shore. The Goldpebbles often capsize, but it has always been on purpose. They love nothing more than capsizing and trying to sink the kayaks. Ollie explained this to Charlie and Leana telling them that it is a great exercise in water survival. And I think he is right. As I watched him kayaking today, I realized just how confident he is because he knows that even if he goes in the water, he knows how to right the situation. And as always, everyone had on life vests, so all was safe.
During all of this, Jed and Sam arrived to cut a couple of limbs off a tree close the cottage. The two limbs were high up, so Jed brought his super safe extension ladder. Jed did the chain sawing and Sam did the clean-up. They cut the branch hanging over the roof first and then the branch over an area where I will plant tomatoes. A piece of one branch dropped into one of my raised beds and mangled two tomato cages and bent a bean tower, but no plants were harmed. So, all is well. I just have to do a little straightening. But now more sunshine can get through to the tomatoes. That’s the important thing.
I went to Heather and Jed’s for a special Memorial Day dinner tonight. Dinner was delicious, but dessert was even better—strawberry shortcake which is a Memorial Day tradition for us.
Below I have listed my Memorial Day weekend weather reports for the past ten years. I think you will agree with me that 2021 wins the award for Most Miserable. But we still managed to have some fun.
Saturday, May 26, 2012–Mixed Sun, Clouds, and Fog
Sunday, May 27, 2012—Beautiful, Sunny Day
Monday, May 28, 2012—Another Beautiful Sunny Day
Saturday, May 25, 2013–Rainy, Windy, and Cold for Late May
Sunday, May 26, 2013–Windy and Cold for Late May
Monday, May 27, 2013–Warming Up, Sunny and Windy
Saturday, May 24, 2014–Mostly Sunny, Windy, High Near 70
Sunday, May 25, 2014–Cloudy Early then Mostly Sunny, High Near 70
Monday, May 26, 2014–Overcast with Rain Early, High Winds
Saturday, May 23, 2015–Sunny, Wind SW 20+, Temp in the Upper 50’s
Sunday, May 24, 2015–Sunny, Wind SW 20+, Temp in the Lower 60’s F
Monday, May 25, 2015–Partly Sunny, Temp in the Lower 60’s F with Wind Settling a Bit
Saturday, May 28, 2016–Mix of Sun and Clouds, High 77 degrees F
Sunday, May 29, 2016–Mix of Sun and Clouds, High 77 degrees F
Monday, May 30, 2016–Mostly Overcast with Rain, High 67 degrees F
Saturday, May 27, 2017–Partly Cloudy; High 67, Low 49 degrees F
Sunday, May 28, 2017–Mostly Cloudy and Windy; High 72, Low 50 degrees F
Monday, May 29, 2017–Overcast and Rainy; High 53, Low 49 degrees F
Saturday, May 26, 2018–Sunny with Building Winds; High 75, Low 55
Sunday, May 27, 2018–Overcast, Rainy, and Cool; High 65, Low 51 F
Monday, May 28, 2018–Overcast and Cool, Some Clearing Late Evening; High 64, Low 54 F
Saturday, May 25, 2019–Mostly Sunny; High 72, Low 55 degrees F
Sunday, May 26, 2019–Mostly Sunny; High 72, Low 58 degrees F
Monday, May 27, 2019–Sunny; High 76, Low 51 degrees F
Saturday, May 23, 2020–Rainy Day; High 63, Low 45 degrees F
Sunday, May 24, 2020–Partly Sunny Day; High 60, Low 50 degrees F
Monday, May 25, 2020–Cloudy Early, Some Sunshine Late; High 60, Low 54 degrees F
Saturday, May 29, 2021–Rainy, Cool, Gale Warning for Tonight; High 48, Low 46 degrees F
Sunday, May 30, 2021–Still Overcast and Rainy; High 57, Low, 50 degrees F
Monday, May 31, 2021–Overcast and Misty; High 57, Low 51 Degrees F
