It was so surprising to be having a storm like this in August. I can't remember when it has rained here at this time of year. Usually I go around singing that song from the 60"s... Cool Clear Water...and daydreaming about seeing a cloud.
I haven't checked the rain gauge yet so I don't know how much we have gotten so far. It poured buckets last night. This morning I managed to get in my walk before it started raining again. Right now there's thunder and lightning and its pouring down rain again. It's great!
This storm has had lots of lightning with it. We got up about 11:30 last night to watch the show and we are pretty sure at one point lightning hit our communitiy's water tower that's about two blocks from here. Thank goodness for lightning rods what what?
Whammo !
My yard and garden are dancing for joy, soaking up real rain, not that fake sprinkler stuff.
I hate to leave Robbie home alone as he is not fond of thunder, but it won't be too bad as these days he can only hear the really big ones. Ordinarily he would be hiding under our bed right now, but he's over in his usual spot in the kitchen only mildly agitated because I can hear him panting.
He used to get so upset during a thunderstorm that the best way to calm him down was to sit on the floor right next to him and cover him with a blankie. He figured what he couldn't see wouldn't hurt him. I'm not sure how he was processing the thunder part under there, but somehow he managed.
It's starting to let up a little now and the sky is getting lighter. I wonder what the rest of the day will hold for us?
This is so cool!
I just checked the rain gauge and we have a little over 1 1/2 inches of rain.
An end of the summer blessing.
Baruch HaShem! (Bless The Name)
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But,but the time I did get up, the storm had passed, and I was able to do "my thing" after all. Mmmm. The air smelled so good!
Shalom!
(we get a lot of rain so its not hooray for us;)
sez
p.s. re the wood fire vs wood stove, its intriguing the differences eh. for example: did you know that our torch and your torch are vastly different? our torch is your flashlight and your torch is an open flame on a stick, am i right?
Hugs Rach xx
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