Rain, rain, rain and then disaster!
daisyincrete Z10? 905feet/275 metres
5 years ago
Well, it seems that California and Crete have had very similar winters. Lots and lots and lots of rain. All of my elderly neighbours say that they do not remember a wetter winter. It has caused some damage to some roads and infrastructure. Lots of rockfalls and mudslides onto the roads, but from a personal and selfish perspective, it has been wonderful. It has also been a cool spring, so my tulips have lasted a beautiful long time. The roses are full of buds. I have never seen so many buds. It makes me dizzy just thinking of the blooms to come.
However, disaster has struck! I have lost my camera! My DH and I have turned the house upside down looking for it, but to no avail.
I am going into Aghios Nicholas, the local town today, to help some friends plant up some beds and pots in the local hospital's garden, so whilst I am in town I will look for a new camera.
Here is the last photo I took with my lost camera, in my garden, with Tabitha of course.
Daisy
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Comments (21)In georgia we was without rain for over 3 weeks with highs reaching the mid 90's. All fescue lawns I seen was drying out and turning brown, My bermuda looked great with a couple of stress areas(areas that stayed in the sun the longest), But the last 5 days we have gotten over 7 inches of rain. The bermuda is a dark green/bluish color(Looks great). Ill take a pic this evening...See MoreRain, rain, rain ... pics from my patio ...
Comments (18)That is a non poisonous checkered garter snake. These aren't the kind that give you coronaries. You can pick him up and all he will do is piss on you. Some of these guys come with pretty colors on them and get much larger. They are right down in the center of town too. I had them in my yard when I lived on Deep Eddy 2 blocks from the river. I had a 6' rat snake down there that made me take a deep breath. And an even larger Brown snake that I found wrapped in a tree branch by my path. It made the tree so exotic all of a sudden in a Adam & Eve way. I am surprised you never saw them in Vegas. Every other city I haver been in out that way like Phoenix Tucson Santa fe Albuquerque had LOTS of snakes and they all seemed able to send me to the hospital. In 40 years that I have lived in Austin area I have only had 1 run in with a Rattlesnake in my garden and that had a good ending for both of us....See MoreRain,rain, rain
Comments (15)One half inch in San Antonio, but also appreciated. A friend near Boerne said a tornado was spotted. An alert was issued and everyone was advised to take cover, but thankfully it didn't touch down. Interestingly her cat dashed under the bed just before the alert and came out just as the alert ended. On another but related subject; with all the showers we've had off and on we have surprisingly few mosquitoes. How about y'all?...See MoreRain, rain, rain.....
Comments (6)Melissa - so happy to hear that you have been having good precipitation! Here in Northern CA it has been sunny, and in the high 60s or even low 70s degrees F every day for weeks. They now start counting our rainfall on Oct 1, and since then we have gotten 1/3rd of an inch of rain. (So, I turned our irrigation system off, but have had to turn it on again). No this is NOT "normal". I think our normal to date for this date is well over 5 inches. Sigh. They are now predicting some rain for this coming Sat and Sun, but I will believe it when I see it. So, enjoy your rain and snow! Jackie...See More
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