Good grief, Gertrude! It’s raining STILL! We haven’t done this much rain in a while! .73″ yesterday and .64″ so far tonight. It’s continuing to rain, and it has taken all day to get the .64″, which was MUCH different than yesterday’s downpour. The neighbors have high water, and ours sounded loud when I went…
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Rain!
.73″ of rain poured out of the sky today… most of it in about a half an hour! It was interesting there for a bit, with lightning popping and thunder rolling. My dogs just KNEW a strike was headed for them, so anywhere within 3′ of a human was BOUND to be safer, right? They’re…
Raindrops
Raindrops on spruce trees and whiskers on puppies… Or something like that! Wyoming did its best to impersonate Seattle today. At least here it did. .23″ of moisture… most of it rain… though for a while it looked mighty Christmas-y out there! There’s snow on the ground, though my weather station doesn’t measure it or…
C’mon, Isaac
There were actually rain clouds in the sky today… and a smidge even fell out of them! I should have taken a photo… it’s the first rain we’ve had in… uh… hmmm. yeah. Hold on a minute, yes, yes, I do believe I have a photo… I can vaguely remember pouring rain… for days. But…
Here It Comes
Another day of rain. This time, the creeks have decided it’s finally time to come up. That’s Canyon Creek. This is the Nowood River close to the highway. And finally, further north… Here’s Otter Creek. Ten Sleep Creek hasn’t come up, at least in town. But for those of you north of here (and downstream)……
Not Even
Tonight the library hosted Glenda Bell aka Calamity Jane. Her performance/discussion was lively, interesting, and enlightening. However, since we’re on Day 349,710 of RAIN… only 11 people showed up. We had originally planned an ice cream social on the lawn outside the library. Monday, we were smart enough to figure out that was probably NOT…
Rain Is a Good Thing
Rain is a good thing… honestly… in Wyoming’s dry climate, water is scarce. On Wyoming ranches everything is based on limited water. Reservoirs and pipelines to water cattle. Irrigation for crops and hay. Wells for drinking. Snow runoff captured to help through the ‘dry’ summer heat. Well. Actually. We haven’t hit that ‘dry’ heat spell…
Dirt Slick
YESYESYES! FINALLY! A gorgeous day… not a cloud in the sky. Snow on the mountain, yes, but VERY nice here. Plus the creek DIDN’T flood the way the National Weather Service predicted! All good news. The bad news… I spent practically all day inside cooking a birthday cake, macaroni salad, and then lunch and then…
Cats and Dogs, Foxes and Dogs
.53 inches That’s the precipitation for the past 24 hours as of 7 am this morning. It doesn’t sound like *anything*, I know, but in Wyoming it is. It has continued to rain all day, so by morning again… perhaps another .5 is possible. That’s 1/12 of our entire precip for the year. Duck jokes,…
Blue Sky Gift
Wonderful Wyoming did it again… We awoke to rain with an occasional snowflake. For a bit, it was a full blizzard, then it backed off! Needless to say, Vernon voted for his tractor and plowing again, and I blasted off for the Mills Place to throw some paint on the walls. I painted ceilings first,…
Called for Rain
Our plan was to ride yesterday and today, kicking more pairs out to grass. Since yesterday threatened rain and thunderstorms, we decided to move the bulls to their bull pasture just over a mile away. I was mounted on Panama, the guys on their four-wheelers since it is road 90% of the way… I was…