I hope the rain that moved in overnight moves out soon. If things aren't too badly soaked I can get more work outside done. Today and tomorrow are supposed to be windy but fairly warm. The weekend is supposed to be a return to near winter temperatures. I saw a good quip on facebook this morning: Mother Nature apologizes for Spring being late; Father Time was driving and refused to stop for directions.

I saw a pathetic headline first off: Dow poised to edge higher as traders "wait to see what Trump tweets today." That was on MarketWatch so you can go there for the story which I didn't read. The stock markets aren't about investing. It is pure speculation and has been for a long time. Followed a couple of hours by a headline crowing that "the Dow soared 300 points as market perceives Trump's tweet as Syria de-escalation." Still just speculation.

This is a brutal assessment of Paul Ryan's tenure as Speaker from MarketWatch's Rex Nutting.

So far I have dug out about 80% of the big tub in the area I am working and filled 3 five gallon buckets and two 20 inch pots with the removed soil. I have also planted almost all of the first 25 of the strawberries. The last few from that half of the strawberry order will be done later this afternoon and perhaps I will fill another 5 gallon bucket. Tomorrow should be a good day to finish the strawberries and, perhaps start on cleaning out the shed. I will cover them Saturday night through Monday because the weather people predict cold temps (down in the 20s with day time highs only in the high 30s) for that time.