Suddenly it's Thursday. I have no idea what happened to Wednesday. I have a sneaking suspicion it hooked up with Tuesday and went dancing down the street.
We have drama and more drama in our home. But I'm more concerned with the weather. As in:
What the heck is the deal with the Bowie Bubble? Why can't we buy a rain storm? As I write this it is black as night at 4 in the afternoon. But I go out and look at the sky......nuttin. It actually rained on one half of our yard only. True deal, it's like there's a line straight down the middle. One side damp, one side bone dry.
And I do mean bone dry. Being a naturalist (not necessarily a environmentalist) means that I plant what works here. I don't water, I don't use chemicals, when I am too lazy or busy to get a good compost pile I may use a water soluable fertilizer as a perk up but it's very rare. My philosophy has always been to plant way more than enough for the bugs and bunnies (haha unitentional) and weirdo fungi. I always have something in bloom just because of sheer over-doing. They don't call it the jungle for nothing. I never water my grass, I'm not even sure you could call it grass. More like green weeds and clover but it works for me.
I hate waste. I dry my heavy clothes on a clothesline and am obsessive about making sure I have a full load of dishes or clothes and getting the last bit of toothpaste/ketchup/etc. I have always been like this, long before Al Gore told us to. I keep most of my herbs and mater's in pots so I can water them by hand.....but.....
Last night we turned the sprinkler on in the front yard.
It felt like the plants were crying. Even the hostas are hostile. The phlox have cheery heads of pink and are all crumpled and wrinkled on the bottom. I don't remember even the big drought being this bad. When was the big drought? When no sprinklers were allowed? Like 6 years ago....
Whatever. I want a big blistering scary thunderstorm that ends in a gentle rain for 2 days except for 2 to 4 on Saturday when we go see Mario's band. Kay?
Do I seem a bit strange to you? Or should I say stranger than usual?
Have a nice day.
2 comments:
The powerful prayers of VBS workers have been begging the rain to hold off until 9pm tonight. After that your much wanted storm may come, but, please Lord, not until 9pm tonight!
I've had the sprinkler on two days now. My rain guage collected .04" yesterday. The nine eight days before that: all goose eggs. (it's got a 9-day history)
My 'maters are cracked from uneven watering. (sigh)
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