Only in Iowa

Only in Iowa can you have totally different weather in two days.  As you can see here, one of my great grandsons is holding up the sign showing the date.  We really got the snow.  Very unusual for May.  Then when it finally quit, the sun came out and it melted fast, all 10 inches of it.  However, there are just a few little piles left out there that should be gone tomorrow.

Factory Orders See a Gain in May

Orders to U.S. factories turned in the slowest performance in three months in May. This was due to a surge in demand for commercial aircraft not being enough to offset the weakness in autos, heavy machinery and steel. In May though, factory orders rose by 0.6 percent. That was less than half the gains turned in during April and March. It was the poorest showing since factory orders had fallen by 0.4 percent in February. The figures for the past three months, according to analysts, have been inflated by big increases in the costs of refined petroleum and related products such as chemicals. Those have been soaring because of the rising cost of global oil prices.