I don't know about you, but I was totally energized by the rain we received this morning. It feels like the sticky summer heat was washed off of me and I feel like I can go out and plant my midsummer plants now. I wasn't even going into the garden the last few days because the grass was crunchy and it hurt my feet and it was so hot, I'd pull a few weeds and come in the house and collapse from heat exhaustion. (I'm exaggerating a little...)
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| Ruby snores when she sleeps. |
I woke up this morning around 4am. Over the sound of the fan, I could hear grumbling. I thought maybe Ruby was snoring, so I turned down the fan, and yep, it was thunder off in the distance. Possibly over the lake... I was so excited. We haven't had rain in what feels like months. And what came in the hours after was that raging thunderstorm of my dreams! How I have missed thunderstorms! We got so much rain that both our rain barrels (which have been empty most of the summer) were completely filled and running over!
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| Cali watching out the kitchen window for the rain to come... |
So thank you to all of you who were praying for rain too. I'm sure the farmers were happy this morning too. It was everything I hoped it would be.
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| The gardens are smiling. |
We are still so dry here in southern Ohio, we got a sprinkle yesterday that lasted maybe 2 minutes. My cucumbers have turned yellow and dried up. My tomatoes are about all that can handle this heat and dryness and even they are turning yellow....Everything is dying. I will keep praying for some rain:)
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say I really enjoy your blog.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. People who aren't gardeners don't understand what we're going through. They think this is a great summer. They are the same people who don't think global warming is a "thing". I worry. Thank you for reading and for the nice comment. I'll be sending rain energy to you there in Ohio! Take care.
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