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  • From: EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Rain
  • Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 11:49:27 -0400

I am reforwarding the posts that went into cyberspace....

EarthNSky wrote:
I came back from vacation to a flooded garden. Everything is muddy and
water is standing around. I don't know how much rain we got, but the
creek has apparently been running for the last 4 days and my guess is
that we got over 6 inches here.(since last Saturday) I have never seen
my property so green. We cut the grass on Friday, and now it is over a
foot tall and looks like a forgotten field.
This morning, I noticed that my whiskey barrel iris was blooming-but had
fallen over and was half in the water, so I walked over to upright the
pot and as I did so, noticed a good sized frog on the rim just sitting
there looking at me. It was right near my hand, and it kind of scared
me. (I was barefoot, standing in foot tall yard grass) I jerked back
instantly and then realized it was only a frog. I thought, "well, it's
a good thing it wasn't a snake-it would have bitten me"...and I looked
down at my feet in the grass and saw a snake laying at my toes-two
inches from my big toe. For a split second, I thought it was a
copperhead, then realized it was a red rat snake/corn snake. He was
about 2.5-3 feet long, about the right size for a copperhead, so he gave
me quite a start. I ran inside and grabbed the camera just in time to
snap a picture of him as he crawled away through my little Zen garden.

It is a jungle out there<g>.
(pictures on the blogsite)

Bev

We got 5 1/2 inches over the weekend with still a rainy week ahead. It's muddy, but trees and plants are sure bursting with spring green now.

Roxann, NW AR http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the homestead)



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