Rain again, but not too bad; An FFE today
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4 years ago
A couple clumps again
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House says thats it, on to the comments....I hope.
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Brad KY 6b
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Rain, sopping wet again today
Comments (5)Yes, I agree about the rain being a blessing in disguise. I think plants look healthier this Spring and blooms are more plentiful and colorful, on flowering plants, the trees and shrubs,too. Altho I did lose two small arborvitae and both of my large burning bush down on the property line. Not sure about the arborvitae, but I know the rabbits deeply chewed the trunks of the b.bush over winter. They had done it before and last Fall I failed to fence them in. However, there is new growth and leaves at ground level, so I'll lop the tops off and start over....See MoreIt Rained Here And It Is About To Rain Again
Comments (5)Moni, It was only a small dance. :( We have had several hours of a light, light drizzle so very light that it might be considered a "mist". Still, the rain gauge has gone up to about 0.75" and the drizzle seems to be getting heavier, so maybe I could do more of a happy dance later. I checked the Tex-OK radar and there is a large area of rain over north central and west Texas that is moving our way. Most of it will stay south of us, but I think we'll get a little more rain. This is our first rain in a month. In fact, our last rainfall was on Feb. 10th and I remember it well because we had only rain and hail here at our house but the northwestern corner of Love County and Lone Grove in Carter County had a tornado (rated F-4). Dawn...See MoreToo Hot Too Soon.....Bad for the Garden
Comments (6)Dawn, I too often wonder how our ancestors made it. My kids were the first of our family's generation to have been born in Oklahoma, but my husband's parents were born here and raised their families here. His mother told me stories about how hard life was. She said when a grass fire got started, all you could really do was just stand there and watch it consume everything in its path. With only a well to draw water from, all they could do was dig trenches and try to beat it down with gunny sacks. They lost everything they had many times, to fire and flood. Miraculously, they were never hit by a tornado. Can you imagine how discouraging it must've been to live like that? Some of the pictures I have of my husband's grandparents show the entire family all lined up in front of a little wood shanty. DH's grandfather died of gangrene after having a leg accidentally cut off in a farming accident, leaving his grandmother with nine children. The eldest was DH's dad, who was about 18, and the youngest was less than a year old. I remember not having air-conditioning -- or even fans! When I was little, we lived in a two storey old farmhouse not far from Humboldt, KS. We had a one-room schoolhouse about a mile away, but my siblings that went to high school rode the bus to Elsmore. When my mother would describe where we lived, she would say it was "out by Leanna". I never knew where Leanna was. Anyway, in the summer the house would get incredibly hot. We spent a lot of time on the front porch then, but there was still cooking and canning to do, and that had to be done inside. At night, we would spread "pallets" on the ground and sleep under the stars. It was OK, but I always hated it because the bugs would crawl on my ears and I was deathly afraid they were going to go inside my ears and get inside my brain! Funny what a 6-year-old will think. I would panic and start to scream and my poor mom would take me inside and put me to bed there. I remember every now and then turning the pillow over because it would be cooler on the under side. We had rain all night last night, and early, early in the morning yesterday. Last night it just poured. It thundered so hard it shook the house. It's almost 9:00 and it's still raining off and on. It's getting to the point where I don't even look to see how many inches we have, and I almost don't even want to talk about it anymore. I sure wish we could send you some of this. HWY 123 is closed now. It always floods, as the ditches aren't very deep and it's very close to the Caney River. If it keeps on like this, little Coon Creek will jump its banks and then HWY 75 will be closed, too, which will cut us off from Bartlesville. That doesn't happen very often, or for very long, though. There are a couple of other ways to get to Bartlesville from here using country roads, but they usually close off before HWY 75 does. According to Mesonet, we have 60% chance of rain for the remainder of the day and 50% chance tomorrow. I guess I won't be digging in the garden much today....See MoreRain Again; It Seems Like Every Day
Comments (9)Kay, the tropical storm rain is missing us-can’t imagine any storm cloud skirting around us!! That clump of Rocket Blast is fabulous!! Love the snuggle shot of Butterscotch. Carolina Sugar Daddy is showing that edge. Blue Dolphin finally bloomed for you-yours is darker edged than mine. Mine has not multiplied well-a disappointment in that area although the blooms are soft and lovely. This rain will probably hasten rebloom. I already have rebloom scapes appearing from our rain event. Very pretty post!...See Moreorganic_kitten
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