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Rain-Free for a Few More Days

Aug31

We are usually praying for rain, but yesterday, it started to sprinkle and we were all out cleaning up yards, and there was a sense of panic–oh no, not more rain. We were still under 16 flood warnings yesterday, and we were getting stuff together to donate to the shelters.

One of my neighbors had a pine tree snap in two, but luckily it missed his house. I worried about some of the others, mine included, as I watched a neighbor behind me and across the street whose pine tree was swaying in the wind. They’re around eighty feet or taller and they used to be surrounded by forests, so the trees grew up together, supported each other, and now they’re on their own. The pine tree in the cloudy sunset picture, distant center is the tree that was swaying so much. I didn’t want to look and see what my trees were doing. You can see the twig flying horizontally to the ground also.

Wet house finches trying to catch a bite to eat under the roof of the feeder. You can see the slashes of rain around them. Wet momma cardinal feeding male juvenile on the patio while it was pouring.

When I closed my eyes last night, I saw rain. It’s amazing what the power of an image will have on you. When we weren’t having lightning storms, or were under a tornado watch or warning, I would work at my computer and see the rain. Constant, unending rain. I’ve never seen anything like it. It was like a water faucet had been turned on and got stuck. Even last year in the spring when we had all the flooding of roads and homes due to a different kind of storm system, it wasn’t this bad. It would stop intermittently. This just wouldn’t, except for the 20 minutes that one day I got out to take pictures of the pond.

We have more rain predicted for Tuesday, but that’s down from yesterday when they were predicting Monday and Tuesday. We’re down to 9 flood warnings, so the water is receding. My son-in-law is going to try to make it into work today. He tried yesterday and had to turn around and work from home again.

Otherwise, the chance for rain is slim, and we even have sunny days coming. And the heat will be here today and tomorrow, but then it’s going to be around 80s, which helps because the cleanup crews have to work in all of this. The bad news, besides all this other bad news, is that the mosquitoes will be swarming in a couple of weeks. We’ve had Nile virus out here before, so fingers crossed we’re okay.

Deadlines are beckoning. Hope you have a great day!

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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Bluebird and House Finches, Zombies and More…

Jun14

house finiches and the fountain 057 (640x362)They found the fountain!

house finiches and the fountain 070 (640x326)When the bolder male flew up to the wrought iron, I didn’t realize his male and female friends were already perched up there.

house finiches and the fountain 071 (640x352)bluebird (640x427)And a beautiful male bluebird perched on the fence for pictures. Now, I saw him feeding the female on the fence yesterday, but they wouldn’t sit still long enough for me to capture them.

I finally found a couple of chairs I wanted. They rock and are super comfortable. But now I need cool weather to enjoy them. I actually wrote a couple of pages by hand earlier yesterday when we had a breeze and it was really nice. I tried in the early evening, mosquito landed on me, despite the breeze, and called it a night. We’ve had 5 case of West Nile Virus in this area, so don’t want to risk it.

Max kept wanting on my lap. More comfortable than the cement patio. But much hotter for the both of us.

The chairs aren’t as cute as the rattan that seems to be all the rage, but for durability, comfort, and easier cleaner, these will be better. I’m much more into comfort and ease of maintenance, not cute anyway.  But now I need to get more of something to match, or I can only have one guest at a time. 🙂

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I’m fast and furiously, well, when I quit writing this blog, writing the end of SEAL Wolf Undercover. I have 4,000 words to go, wrote some of it last night by hand and am typing it up now, and then got to thinking about all the holes in my story while I was waking up. First, I’m having a nightmare about getting past zombies and not having my ticket properly punched to get on the bus and out of there. Then, I am running around trying to get it properly punched, and return with my friend to find the buses are all gone. Have you ever had days like that?

Then I wake up enough to realize I’m having a nightmare and start thinking about the problems with some of my plot ideas and now must go in and fix all the minor discrepancies while writing the rest of the book. It’s great. Really. When I get to this point, I’m in seventh heaven. Writing the end, means I get to start really editing, and make a fun story.

Then I got another promo blog to do, yikes, hold on, I’m sinking. And then two more this morning for a conference I’m going to next year. Ack.

Okay, okay, it will ALL get done. Eventually. Maybe that’s why I am feeling like the zombies are out to get me and I missed the bus.

Have a super great day.

 

Terry

“Giving new meaning to the term alpha male where fantasy is reality.”

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