I woke up at 4:00 am, as usual, but had a hard time boosting myself out of bed. At 4:30, it started bucketing rain and kept it up for about half an hour. I lay there thinking that I really didn't want to go out there and feed in the dark and the kind of rain that has you drenched in a second or two....pretty lazy of me.
I did eventually get my lazy bones up and got the kids up and headed out with the flashlight. I was briefly tempted to borrow my husband's boots and old Air Force jacket, but put on my new (uncomfortable) rubber boots and the pvc rain cape to trudge out to the barn. I am not a morning person, so trudging seemed appropriate.
As I fed the chickens, I spied a bucket that had been left out in the rain. I saw that we had received an inch and a half in about 45 minutes! This explained the fractious behavior of my young mare; rain always gets her excited!
If we were in any danger of being low in the catchment tanks after a slightly increased household over the long weekend, this rain surely fixed that.
As we drove down toward town, the skies got lighter and lighter, until by the time I reached work, the sun was shining. Sometimes I think that it is raining right over my road, and nowhere else. It is actually somewhat true: a few miles up or down the highway that crosses our road, and the weather is completely different: some sort of weird effect of the topography.
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Trudging; an excellent example of the proper use of the word, leave it to a teacher.
It is nice that the rain is at least filling your tanks.
I was at my sons baseball game a few years back and it was pouring from the pitcher's mound to the catcher. The rest of the outfield was as dry as a bone. It really was the oddest thing. Of course we all talked about for the rest of the season.
Chai Chai, I bet I don't trudge as hard as you do with all that new snow!
FBMKW, that must have been quite a sight. I can see the rain coming in from the ocean in sheets, but have never seen it stop a few feet away - I suppose it happens...
Ugh. I have a hard time getting out of a cozy bed to do chores in buckets of rain, myself. You have my complete admiration!
The horses love the snow and wind here. Gets them all frisky. So exciting to jump and rear and act like the mountain lions are coming any moment!
~Faith
Do I still have your admiration when I tell you I waited until the rain stopped? (Well, I would have gone out anyway, but it did stop by the time I did pull myself out of bed - I was late-ish for work).
Hi Nance - It was pouring buckets on and off here last night as well. It filled the pool, which is too cold to go in anyway. It's comforter weather again, but cross the Pali and voila, sunny and warm....
LOL Yup. You can't help it if the rain stopped. :o)
Have a great day at work!
~Faith
Yup, Lisa, now you are living the life Daph, Kathy, and I lived in high school! (I miss the Windward side!)
Thanks, Faith! I think it will be a good day!
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