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Monday, May 2, 2011

Rain....rain.....rain......

We are up to our eyes in water....not literally of course.  But, it seems as if it has been raining every day!  In the last 24 hours, at our house, I've measured 2.25 inches.  But for the area a little south of here, on the weather map today, it was reporting 6 ".  I'd like to send a little of this down to Texas which is burning up and on fire!  Our lake (Bull Shoals) is so full, they are talking about opening the gates again. 

It happened in '08

And the sound was deafening....it roared!  It was pretty awesome to witness such power!

And it's cool too....much cooler than what is normal for this time of year, so the garden is waining.  Just two days ago I planted squash and cucumbers.....now I'm wondering if they'll get the warmth they need to sprout!  The potatoes are sticking their little heads through the soil...hopefully they'll not rot!

I should have planted the cool weather things sooner, but school kept getting in the way...all those projects!  But the lettuce and radishes have sprouted and the sugar peas are about 6" tall now.  The tomato plants that were friended to me will have to wait to go in the ground.  The weather man is predicting upper 30's tonight and I don't want them chilled. 
Where's the sunshine and warm weather?  Come on....I'm ready!

2 comments:

  1. Well its here in Sunny Houston we are having highs in the 80s and the ground is so dry its cracking. There are even cities around us right now with water bands in effect and yet you guys have more water then you can handle? Its madness I tell you, madness :+)

    Maybe we can make it up to your neck of the woods here in the next couple of weeks and bring some sunshine with us.

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  2. Oh wow!!! We are suppose to be in "your neck of the woods" May 13-15. (We always go trout fishing near Mountain Home, AR!) I know bull shoals links up with those rivers SOMEWHERE. Wonder what that will do to the fishing! I remember we went there in '08 AFTER they had gotten all that rain. We literally saw one of their picnic tables AT LEAST 20 feet up in a tree. It had gotten stuck up there once the water went back down. It was CRAZY!

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