cool and damp

The low temperature reported this morning at both Tightwad and Warsaw was 32°.  Then just a few minutes after the sun came up this morning the skies began to cloud over and throughout the day became heavier and heavier.  Then mid afternoon it began a light rain which looks like just the beginning and is predicted to continue through the night.  That's not a problem and we welcome the rain that looks like it is heading toward our home base where it is very much needed.

When we arrived Wednesday these birds were congregated in this same spot along the shoreline.  They were there all that afternoon and all of Thursday.  They seem to have moved on today and we don't really know just what they are but they looked like a gull of some kind.  They were a fairly large water bird with lots of white coloring.  This was as close as I could get as just after I took this  picture they scattered but when I walked away they returned to this shallow area of the lake shoreline.