It has been weather peaceful here in Frisco for about a week. The severe rain turned into peaceful soaking rain for a day or so. Now it is just HOT again. That’s Texas. I got the grass mowed in the “north 40” yesterday (Saturday) as it was in need of semi serious attention. It was very green and a bit overgrown. I mulch mow so I don’t like to work with wet or tall grass....
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P(r)aying For Rain Water
After a hard summer last year of extended drought conditions, north Texas has been blessed (?) with double average rain amounts. This comes to us in severe thunderstorms and multiple tornadoes. Mother Nature has seemed to have left out nice long gentle rains from her bag of weather tricks. Like Morton salt, “When it rains, it pours.” However it comes, the rain is welcome. The problem for me has been the electrical activity that an...
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Hey, it’s raining in Dallas (Frisco)! It looked for awhile that the best of the rain would stay West but it has slowly creeped far enough East to give my yard a long awaited drink of fresh water. The lake behind the house filled back up to the overflow so that is good. The skies remain gray and there is slow drizzle from time to time. Just perfect for the yard. I may have to...
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This is cool. I am sitting on the lake porch with the EeePC netbook running on battery and writing a story. Oh yes, I am connected to the home network and the internet so I can check mail as I am working. Pretty nice tools we have these days. I have the digital camera with me to so I can grab a few shots of my daughter’s dog who is also sharing the back porch...
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