Finally...Rain!!!

On the news last night we were given a 20 percent chance of precipitation and for some reason, I actually believed them this time!

While the skies were a clear blue this morning I set out my primitive rain catchment system and glad I did as this afternoon dark clouds began to appear northeast of us.

I honestly do not recall the last time it rained.  I was on the front porch with Paquito and Nico watching it rain as was Mr. Joe's wife across the street from us.

Remembered that I had to empty my multiple containers into my 32-gallon trash can and set them out again to capture more liquid gold.  For those new to my blog...don't you laugh at my multi-colored buckets!

Even the cats were excited about the rain.  Momma Katie actually went from one container to the next taking sips from each like she was a wine taster...jajaja :D

Managed to get some of the other cats in the picture. There is one where I got them all but I can not find it at the moment.

You might have to click on the picture to enlarge it so you can see all five cats. From left to right Paquito (the white one), drinking from one container Momma Katie and her now grown kittens and way in the back is Nico looking from afar. Do not confuse the rock the color of the cats with one of them.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.


Aunty Acid Saying of The Day

Rainy September

We have been having a lot of rain lately the good thing about that is that it brought the temperatures down to the high 70's but the humidity has been terrible. Today mother nature gave us a break and I was able to wash some clothes.  Rains are supposed to return tomorrow.

Being the insomniac that I am, I often watch infomercials late at night. There is one about this super tape where a man cuts his boat in half and then tapes it back together to show how waterproof this product is.  I think it costs $24.95 plus S&H, in my opinion, a bit too much.  Why do I mention this?  I have five 32-gallon trash cans where I collect rainwater...I refer to them as my primitive rain catchment system.

The big trash can with Paquito trying
 to catch a butterfly is NOT part of my
  rain catchment but the other two black ones are.

One of them developed a leak so I just quit using it. With all the rains from this week and from three weeks ago, I have used every trash can, bucket anything that will hold water.  I do not like wasting my liquid gold so decided to duck tape the trash can, but it did not work.  I do have a roll of heavy duty duck tape, I think it is called Gorilla tape but heaven only knows where amongst all my boxes it is located...see my need for a storage shed?

If you are new to my blog you might be wondering why I am storing rainwater...I am practicing for my eventual move to Terlingua.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.

Thunderstorms

I recall the late Ben in Texas saying that weather forecasters had the only profession where you could be wrong most of the time and yet never lose your job over it...how right he was. Yesterday, they said we would be having showers this afternoon but on today's forecast, they revised it to only a 10 percent chance.

Looking up at the sky told me that the probabilities were a lot higher than ten percent. Had to make a mad dash to get my clothes off the clothesline before they got soaked.

Thursday it also rained, I would later read that northern Val Verde County by Comstock and Langtry, Texas received over six inches!  So glad we only had a light shower in the southern part of the county.

I did not do too bad this afternoon, I harvested a little over 100 gallons of liquid gold in my primitive rain catchment system.

Good night.  May you all have Terlingua Dreams.