We had our first "gully washer" yesterday. Pa and I drove over to the extreme south side of the ranch yesterday to take pictures of someone's property for them. She hadn't seen her property in 4 years and had lost the ones she had taken when she bought the land. It was cloudy the entire time but as we were headed back, the clouds over New Mexico way started comin' our way.
Thank the good Lord we got home when we did because those clouds opened up and let loose with sheets of rain for two hours. I closed the windows on the windy side of the house and sometime during the storm, the wind changed directions and started blowing rain in the windows on the other side of the house. While closing those windows, I noticed it was raining inside the window seal. Looks like the factory guys will have to come out, take the trim off the window outside and reseal the darned thing. And here I thought we had all our repairs done since the guy showed up last week and took care of chipped tile and cracks in the ceiling. We do have one piece of tile that needs to be replaced since the repair man broke too many of the ones we had. He promised to show up next weekend......we shall see.
I loved every minute of the storm. After living in Vegas for so long and not seeing much rain for 30 years, I really love the rain.
"Rain drops, so many rain drops, feels like rain drops, falling on my head" Yes, I did go out in it looking for the cat. She was up and under the truck and refused to come out so she had to stay out there.
We have a new river going thru our place!
See that tank on the end of the house? See that line half way up? That's water we caught from the gutters. In the course of 2 hours we collected 600 gallons of water from roof run off. If we'd had more containers, we easily could have caught 600 more. Everything got full and overflowed. I'm all for putting in a cistern for rainwater but will have to wait till we win the lottery.
Gutter failure!!! We had one spot where the rain didn't make it into the gutter. Pa found out today that the flashing had come loose so he repaired that today.
We won't have to water the garden for a couple of days. 6 inches of water covered my squash and tomatoes. One of my raised beds had 6 inches of water in it so I had to slide my hand down the insides of the box until the seam between the two boards was exposed and then the water gushed out. Hard to believe but the water has soaked into the ground already. I discovered a baby scallop squash yesterday and Pa discovered some tomatoes the size of golf balls today. I found one pea this morning, broke it open and ate the peas. Yummy!!
I was worried about Daisy Mae getting home from work yesterday. She said it was slightly sprinkling in town when she got off at 4 pm and started pouring by the time she was halfway home. She slipped and slid and made it thru the wash she has to go thu to get home. Safe and sound with a couple of harrowing moments thrown in. She had 4 wheel drive in case she needs it.
After the rain subsided, I walked around the property. You could hear a chorus of croaking all over the place.Apparently we have those toad/frogs that only come out when it rains, mate and then rebury themselves until the next rain. They can stay under the ground for years. Now tell me this....what good are they? They don't eat insects cause they are too busy getting it on. Then they dig lay eggs or what ever it is they do, dig a hole and rebury themselves. All God's creatures have a purpose but I can't figure out what those are good for. Maybe just to give us a chorus of song after a rain. It was really a nice sound.
I finally made a commitment to myself to get back on my diet and stick to it till I lose 20 pounds. I've been on it for 2 days and have shed a pound. Have you heard of Shiritaki noodles? They have no calories, no carbs, no soy. They absorb what ever it is they are cooked with. They are just used as a filler to make you feel fuller. I put in an order with Amazon.com for the fettuccine ones, angel hair pasta ones and rice ones. When you open the package, they smell kinda fishy and nasty. Then you rinse them in cold water for a minute, then blanch them in boiling water, drain and let them dry out a bit on a paper towel. Then add them to what ever you are cooking. I had a plate of them with eggs and mushrooms for breakfast yesterday. Just tasted like more eggs. Worth a try if anyone is contemplating losing weight.
Our friend Tom finally got the rabbits fenced out of his garden. His corn is finally coming back. Maybe by the time fall is here, he can have Chinese food and use the baby corn in it. We still need 100 ft of chicken wire which we will get next payday. It's funny to watch the rabbits trying to figure out why they can no longer get to the squash.
Until next time!
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