A little tiny afternoon downpour blew through. i brought the dogs in, closed the greenhouse windows, put out a bucket, and we all took a nap.
Tag Archives: rain
Answered Prayer
Immediately after learning the person i had prayed for ceaselessly was awake and conscious, it rained like i had never seen it rain here before. It was like everything that had been pent up was let go and the flood gates of nature were open. It rained for an entire day and night. it poured …
Washing Dishes in the Rain
Because of the long hours ive been working lately i typically wash dishes on the porch on the weekend. If you do it at night scorpions crawl into the tubes and machine. Washing dishes is a strictly daytime porch activity. Well, one weekend the forecast called for rain both saturday and sunday. I picked the …
Rain
2023 was the first time any of us had seen the Guadalupe River dry. We had never known what color the rocks were at the bottom of the river. As it turns out, they were white limestone rocks. I hadnt anticipated that with all the red clay surrounding the river. No matter the frequency of …
More Bugs
It rained an hour ago. I got up to make tea and realized these were all over the floor. I dont even know where they’re coming in and i dont care. Im going to bed. They’re crustaceans. When the moisture dries up, they’ll die.
A Rare Downpour
It actually rained for about an hour today. It down-poured for a portion of it. We got an inch of rain when all was said and done. We just need about 45 more feet of it before the rivers and lakes are fixed. Im not being ungrateful. Im grateful, im just also a realist.
A Pop-Up Storm Makes a Brief Appearance.
It was 100 degrees. There was a little blip on the radar, a pop up storm that created itself over the town second closest to us. It was headed our way. It looked very impressive while it was building but it soon rained itself out and began to fall apart as it traveled. The cloud …
90 Percent Humidity Evokes Memories of Florida
It’s been sprinkling/misting and the humidity has been sitting between 80 and 90 % for a week. The bedding inside the tiny house feels like that of an old run down beachfront hotel i used to stay at in Florida. They had window units in the room and it kept the place freezing. They asked …
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The Hill Country Sky
Light Rain
This year we’ve managed to have 1 or 2 days each week in which we get a fraction of an inch of rain. The plants are loving it. The landscape is lush and green. The consistent light rainfall is enough to sustain the vegetation indefinitely. However, the creeks are still bone dry and the Guadalupe …