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Saturday, July 28, 2007
I Love A Rainy Night
Late Friday afternoon we headed to Albany for pizza and while we were
there the rain began. On the way home the rain was coming down quite
hard. I parked the HHR in the garage and checked the rain gauge. There
was one and a half inches at that time. I left the water in the tube and
put it back in the gauge. This morning, I checked and there was 3 inches
of water in the gauge.
Overnight
was a slower, gentle rain that is good for the crops. I rode down the
road on a 4-wheeler and checked the mum patch. It looked great, except
for some grass growing near the plants that needs removed, but the
ground is too wet now. I returned to the house and took a few pictures
from the front steps.
After
a couple of hours, the sky had cleared up and the sun was shinning
again. The creek was running about 6 inches deep and a little muddy.
The
purple martins during the day and bats at night keep the bugs ate up
during the summer months, so even though we've had rain, we can set on
the porches without any fear of mosquitos biting us. Tonight was nice
with a nearly full moon popping up over the hilltops.
