It rained again
yesterday, an additional inch+ so almost 2” total over two days.
Such a relief. It didn't start til late afternoon, had stopped by the
time I was ready to drive to El Campo for yoga, got all the way there
with just a few sprinkles until I exited into a gray curtain of rain.
The deeper I got into town the harder it rained, wipers on high, 30
miles an hour and I could not see past about 20 feet or so. It rained
that hard all the way to class, at class, during class finally
letting up in time for us to get to our cars and then I drove into
it again on the way home but not all the way and it rained more at home
after I arrived where I was met with a panicked trembling panting
little dog.
Sections of the
new gutters are not functioning very well so I need to get Rocky back
here to figure out what the problem is.
So I did nothing
yesterday in response to the disaster on Tuesday which took the wind
out of my sails. Got some feedback from fellow casters, probably
cooled down too fast in the kiln and letting it soak in the medium
hot water was a bad idea. The peeps think it's fixable though. Just
reinvest and recast with a longer anneal and a slower cool down.
I think maybe
I'll start on snowflake ornaments today. Something easy and mindless
while I decide what I want to do next but first I'm boiling up some
new hummingbird syrup. Marc saw five around one of the feeders
yesterday so they are definitely starting to migrate through.
Some random
photos though it's been so miserable out there and I've been so
single minded the last two months that there's nothing much of
interest. The yard is pretty tired. Still have zinnias though after
this rain they're all laying down, altheas still putting on a few
flowers, plumerias are winding down, flowering senna has more
developing seed pods than blooms, the yellow bells and ruellia are
holding their own, the orange cosmos that usually bloom all summer
have not been blooming, and most disappointing of all is the
porterweed that I had to order online this year because I couldn't
find it locally has not put on a single bloom stalk.
saw this little
lady several weeks ago on my poor struggling peach tree
I got 2" yesterday. Yay since I didn't get any measurable amount from the previous rain.
ReplyDeleteRain!!! Lovely to get, hard to drive through.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you think your hard work can be salvaged and saved.
Don't the butterflies love the zinnias?
they do, or they would if we had any butterflies. I've seen maybe half a dozen so far this year.
DeleteWe need rain too! I'm mowing today even though it's HOT and dry - can't wait much longer for rain, or it'll be more of a pain to mow. Pretty flowers!
ReplyDeleteGlad you found the reasons for your art problem. That will always help, I think. You still have many beauties out in the garden. My Zinnias are too talk and now collapsing.
ReplyDeleteLeaves are turning yellow and leaving the vines naked. There was a hard rain overnight, and pots full of yellow leaves this morning.
ReplyDeleteI missed on day and I missed your catastrophe. I will read back and find it.
the damn thing cracked because I was stupid enough to let it sit in too warm water while I had lunch. leaves don't turn yellow, they jus fall off. at least at this point in time.
DeleteOur gutters overflow like that when the rain is very heavy. Like a curtain.
ReplyDeleteIt's been a strange summer here too with some surprise flowerings and pretty disastrous apple and nut harvest. Never saw so few butterflies but peaches and plums are abundant and I didn't waste any water on them.
I am looking forward to the next step with the heron box. Something good will come of it.
it's possible that the gutter is already full of leaves but only half of it was doing that. I have to get up there and look. no butterflies here either.
DeleteThere you are, now you know what it’s like so often in the UK. Pouring rain we have plenty of. Your garden is not too bad looking. I like the colours and flowers you have, wish I could grow tender perennials outdoors all year. I have already brought in some of my succulents and the little olive tree. There’s a chance of a mild ground frost apparently.
ReplyDeleteWe had a huge downpour a couple of days ago and our gutters did the same thing...right on to the hydrangeas, which thankfully did manage to survive. (they were chock full of pine needles)
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that peach trees had flowers like that, beautiful.
not sure what you mean by flowers on the peach tree. it won't bloom til spring.
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