A Rainy Day

Just a little wet weather friend...

We got 2 inches of rain since last night. It was a day for cooking. I like to cook when it is cool outside. So I put on a pork roast, potatoes and carrots, and some red cabbage. Not sure what else I will cook, but I have a couple of hours to think about it. I think I will take a coffee break. I have been busy this morning, I cleaned the bird cages. I did a couple loads of laundry, I paid some bills, filed some papers, put some more stuff away (that came from Effie), I went out and re dug the creek that runs across the backyard, it was overflowing across the yard, and now I am ready for a nap. I don't have the stamina I once had, so each afternoon when it is time for a break I usually doze for a bit. It has become a habit, and one that I enjoy.

I won't have to water for a few days, and now I can get my tulip bulbs planted. I had ordered them on Ebay and they came while I was gone. A rain makes the ground easy to dig, so I like to plant after a good rain storm. It is getting close to time to "put the garden to bed" for the year. I always enjoy this time when I can cut back all the old dead and dying stalks on the perennials, and cut off the tops from the bulbs. There are many things still in bloom, but most are gone for the year. And what is left, I usually trim back anyway. I look forward to spring, but right now I am glad for the fall, and a break from constant watering, clipping, deadheading and fertilizing.

Yard work, as with housework, is never done. I mowed the lawn yesterday and it looks so much better. It had been over a month since it was mowed. I can smell my dinner, yummy!!!

Till later, gator......

Glorious Rain Storm

Well as they predicted we are finally getting some rain, and it is a nice hard rain. I think we are getting the end of Tropical Storm Fay that hit Florida. I sat on the front porch and watched it coming up from the South. It was moving pretty fast and I thought about getting my camera and taking some pictures of the lightening.

The big trees in the front yard were bending over till they looked like they would break, and then back up again. Leaves were coming off the trees in big clumps, but no limbs were falling. The sound of the wind was a bit like a train coming. It passed right over my head and across the front porch and down the hill, I got sopping wet because the rain was going sideways. But I didn't mind. Once the storm had passed over, I came inside. It is still raining, but not like it was before, this now is a gentle rain. We are expected to get rain for the next four days, but that can change in a moments notice. I personally love the rain, I love the sound and the feel of rain. I often go outside and plant my flowers and do my yard work in a gentle rain. But it is dark, dark, dark outside right now, not a bit of light from anywhere. Those must be some pretty dark clouds overhead. The only time you can see anything is during a flash of lightening.