Captured some rain water

Last night the power went out twice so did not bother to reset my clocks just unplugged them to keep from watching them flash...I told you I was lazy!

I, therefore, had no idea what time it was and when I finally checked it was past the time to start my morning walk.  Bit the bullet and went anyway.

Last night's rains brought with it heavy winds. This trail has nothing but mesquite trees and there were mesquite pods everywhere.  The good thing about the rains was that it settled the dust down and my socks and tennis shoes weren't as dirty.

I was able to fill a 32-gallon trash can (used only for this purpose).  Had three others that unfortunately were blown over by the winds so missed out on adding to my primitive rain catchment.

I did manage to fill these tubs that I used when I had my little stray dogs Pedrito, Tammie, and Oscar.

Today we had a high of 104, low of 81 with a heat index of 110 degrees.  Needless to say, I did not go anywhere.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Thunder, lightning, heavy winds, rain and hail

We were warned by the weather stations in San Antonio that we were under a Severe Thunderstorm Watch beginning at 9:00 p.m.  Had to once again go outside to put away anything that might become a projectile.

I wanted to watch the Houston Rockets game but the lightning show followed by thunder and heavy winds made me turn it off and disconnect most everything. With my WiFi turned off found out how slow my cell phone really is without it.

Could not watch TV, could not go online...what is a gal to do?  Take a nap of course.  At first, I was unable to do so but then I fell into a deep sleep.  I could hear the thunder and lightning but it was like I was in a deep trance or heavily sedated.

It was 11:03 p.m. when Paquito snapped me out of my deep sleep state when he started fighting with another cat (a stray) and I had to go outside to yell at him. I do not know why he always picks on this cat while not on other strays when he comes over to eat or drink water.

Turned on the TV and by now the storm was reaching Uvalde with hail and heavy winds. That is when I found out that Ciudad Acuña had taken the brunt of the storm. They had received golf size hail which people were sending pictures of to various San Antonio news outlets.

This morning I woke up early and headed to HEB to get a jump on the crowds and very glad I did. I was home by 9:30 a.m.

There was no damage at mother's house and today turned out to be a beautiful sunny day with a high of 84 much better than the 91 degrees we had yesterday.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.