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It finally rained!  The 9/10 of an inch of rain we received this week was the first real rain we have gotten since the last week of April.  The corn and soybeans were definitely in need of it.  Even the lawn was starting to turn brown, which is very unusual for May.  Everything looks fresh and clean and green now.

We drove to St. Louis twice in the past week.  Daughter #2 flew out of Lambert to spend a few days in San Diego enjoying their beautiful weather, beaches, and fellowship.  When we drove her down Saturday afternoon, the temperature was pushing 100 degrees.  Thursday afternoon when we picked her up, the temperature was in the middle 50's.  What a change! 
After dropping her at the airport, we went shopping at St. Louis Mills Shopping Center.  Including and especially the Cabela's store.  I was very restrained and didn't buy anything.  Both times we made sure to fill up with gas before we left Missouri.  The gas price down there is about 25 cents per gallon cheaper than in Illinois.

I saw a field of wheat that had already been harvested and corn that was fence post high east of St. Louis.

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
II Samuel 23:4