We Got Rain! Cue Gene Kelly Singin’ In The Rain.
Yesterday thankfully Hurricane Issac got his rain-filled self up to Missouri and gently and consistently dropped a little over two inches of rain all day on the Tiny Ten. We hadn’t had rain since the first week of May. I have been sad. Sad for the farmers and people that raise livestock, sad for the wildlife and sad for us. I have been cranky. I have been hot. There were other issues too. I have been neglectful in commenting and blogging because I didn’t think I could keep my cranky and whining self from being a depressing pain in the butt. So, I stayed quiet. Yesterday I sat on the porch with CH and at 4:30 we had wine time and I smiled because I think we may have turned the corner on this drought and heat. Fingers crossed. The new Teva sandals that Big Brown brought right before wine time helped with the smile too. We watched Suzy and Mr. Suzy Brown Squirrel cavort in the rain Under the Oaks. Fall is on the way. I picked up my camera and clicked for the first time since May. Today is the first day of September, my birthday month. I don’t think I want to be quiet no more!
i know it is a bit late, but it is relief, nonetheless! glad you got some wonderful, healing rain!
September 1, 2012 at 11:53 am
Thank you Tex. You are very sweet and kind. I know you have been suffering with drought too. I have never seen anything like it in my 60 years.
September 1, 2012 at 11:55 am
Wahooooooooo! Now that’s a WAHOOOO because you got rain AND a WAHOOOOO that you’re BACK in the blogosphere. You’ve been missed. Anyway, we have had a bit of rain too and while it’s too late for many of the Virginia crops, others haven’t blinked an eye and the farmers markets are still in business around here. Isaac will be arriving here in the next day or so….that will also help of course. So this is YOUR birthday month too huh? Same here……and while I normally pay ZIP attention to the calendar reminding me I’m older, this is a “significant” birthday for me this year so I’m pouting. Wanna cheer each other up? I’ll have a glass of wine to you and you can do likewise…..deal?
Pam (and Sam of course)
September 1, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Hey Pam! Hope Issac gives you some good rain. Hmm, a “significant” birthday??? So we share September for our birthday month. WAHOOOOO! Maybe we could party all month. I think we should clink wine glasses for sure~Deal!
September 1, 2012 at 2:26 pm
I’m up for a month-long celebration!
Bring on the wine!
Pam
Happy Birthday!
September 1, 2012 at 3:18 pm
Missed ya! Welcome back to the real world. And praying the rain keeps coming slowly!
September 1, 2012 at 12:36 pm
Thank you! I’m still saying my rosary every night…
September 1, 2012 at 2:27 pm
So happy you’re back. Isobel and I were just wondering about you. I figured the heat had finally strained your last nerve.
Happy happy rain! Dance nekkid in the rain!
September 1, 2012 at 12:41 pm
Thank you!!! You figured right. But I am back. I think…
You make me laugh!
September 1, 2012 at 2:28 pm
Dancin’ yet? >:-D aggggghhhh the pictures in my brain! agggghhhh!
September 1, 2012 at 3:33 pm
September 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm
awww, come on. my brain needs variety! hahahahahah! wine sounds better than nekkid–you got me there! enjoy the coolth! outdoors among your blistered tiny 10 at last.
September 1, 2012 at 3:58 pm
I hoped that dang storm would redeem itself by helping out the areas that needed it!!!
September 1, 2012 at 12:45 pm
OhMyGosh! I read your Issac post. Glad you, your Mom and Clarisse are ok!!
September 1, 2012 at 2:45 pm
So glad you are back and happier…you are allowed to vent on your blog!!!
September 1, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Thank you so much Granny! I think I need to vent. Now and then anyhoo.
September 1, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Venting is so good…reduces the blood pressure and stress.
September 2, 2012 at 1:27 am
So glad to “see” you, Pix. I am glad to hear that you’re feeling better, and hope that you can keep the blues away.
September 1, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Thanks Janice. I think I probably just need to realize I need to learn to live with the blues now and then and they will pass. Italy for you soon!
September 1, 2012 at 2:31 pm
I am certainly glad you are back! I know the family in MO said there was some rain, so I was hoping you had gotten some! Welcome back, and if you ever need to just whine, that’s okay too! Missed you!
September 1, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Thanks for missing me Linda. I hate to whine on my blog so I just shut down. We are still getting a little drizzle today…
September 1, 2012 at 2:33 pm
I’m so glad to hear you finally got rain–and you’ll be blogging again! I, too, thought of you every time we got rain, wondering if any had found its way to you. One month of hot/dry was enough for me, I can’t imagine the entire summer. It’s hard to keep things alive/growing under that stress. I’m so glad you’re back!
September 1, 2012 at 2:52 pm
Thank you Patti! We need to keep the rain coming, I am going to try to stay positive. They expect us to stay in drought conditions at least thru November. We lost a lot of trees and bushes. Our tree guy is going to get rich off of us and our neighbors.
September 1, 2012 at 2:58 pm
It is raining yet today here in Warsaw. What a welcome sight and sound.
September 1, 2012 at 5:49 pm
Katie! It is sooooooo nice to hear from you. I agree it is a “welcome sight and sound”. It has rained off and on all day today and it is pouring here now. So happy you got rain too!!!!
September 1, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Glad to see you back. I was getting worried.
September 1, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Thanks Isobel! I got stuck in a funk. What can I say? I will be catching up with you and loving it but I won’t comment on everything. But I will love taking my time and reading!
September 1, 2012 at 6:46 pm
Pix, welcome back…you have been missed, CH too! Smiles, Julie.
September 1, 2012 at 7:02 pm
Thanks Julie! Smiles and hugs back at you…
September 1, 2012 at 7:06 pm
Hey, Pix! Good to see you back, girlfriend! Wonderful news about the rain. When I heard that Isaac would travel out to the west of us, I was hoping some of my drought-stricken blogging friends would benefit. Happy that you’re feeling better, and looking forward to seeing you here in Blogland on a regular basis again!
September 1, 2012 at 8:44 pm
Thank you Dianna! We have rain this morning
We must be over 2 inches now!
September 2, 2012 at 5:39 am
You are always so cheerful, how dare you try and be more grouchy than me!
I am glad you are back and I hope the rain washes away the blue mood and anything else that might be bothering you.
I love squirrels they are not common around here.
September 2, 2012 at 12:09 am
You aren’t grouchy! You are insightful and thoughtful. Thank you GB for the kind words.
September 2, 2012 at 5:42 am
THANK YOU you are so kind, I really hope whatever is troubling you goes away and brings your cheerful self back.
September 2, 2012 at 5:45 am
GB I just have this anxiety issue that sometimes gets the best of me. It has been with me a long time. Comes and goes and I think a bunch of “stuff” in the Spring just overwhelmed me. I am NOT a lover of summer.
September 2, 2012 at 5:53 am
Sorry to hear about the hurricane’s havoc with your place.
Anyway, I’ve miss the oaks so I hope you don’t mind if I rummage in it again. The greens never fail to amaze me and I needed that.
Advance happy birthday! (Just so you know September is my month too.)
September 2, 2012 at 5:26 am
Welcome Sony! I have missed you. We are happy to have Issac’s rain since we have been in a devastating drought. You are the second person that has said they have a September birthday! We will all have to celebrate…
September 2, 2012 at 5:46 am
Sounds great! I really will …
September 2, 2012 at 5:48 am
Love this enchanting picture and love that the fall is coming and love that you’re back.
September 2, 2012 at 6:17 am
Thank you so much! I am touched.
September 2, 2012 at 9:35 am
Well, hello Pix! I have often wondered where you have been the last few months. I’ve imagined you in tropical locations and jetting about from coast to coast. Never did I imagine you were home being cranky! I thought I was the only one that turned into a grouch because of the nasty dry summer. I’m glad Isaac brought you the much needed rain. The only thing we received from him was humidity and heat. I’m so ready for that first good cold snap. Glad you’re back.
September 2, 2012 at 7:07 am
Hi Deb! Jetting from coast to coast? No! We have been home all summer trying to keep the Oaks from dying. I am sorry you didn’t get rain from Issac. I hate summer. I am a Fall and early Winter gal. It might have been a good lesson in where we really want to live. Yes I had a terrible cranky on. CH deserves the Purple Heart for putting up with me. It was not pretty. We are suppose to get a cold snap this week after some more heat. I hope our cold front makes it to you. Nice to “see” you Deb!
September 2, 2012 at 9:49 am
We got a bit of Isaac, too. Thank goodness…we’re parched!
September 2, 2012 at 9:07 am
Good Morning Sam! I am happy you got a bit of Issac. I didn’t realize your bit of country was parched. Missouri was looking like a blowtorch had been taken to it. We lost so many trees. Fall has got to be coming. I told CH I was afraid we were going to have triple digit heat for Christmas. It is like we have been living in the desert.
September 2, 2012 at 9:53 am
so glad you got rain. don’t you just love the sound of a good rainstorm hitting the house, the roof, the porch—and the delightful noise it makes when the rain and wind hit and move the leaves? oh and the way the air smells after a good soaking rain—lovely. PS—one of my all time favorite movie scenes is Gene Kelly singing and dancing in the rain…..COMPLETE joy!!!!
September 2, 2012 at 11:12 am
YES! I love the sound of rain and I want to hear it more frequently!! I want to hear it this week. Fingers crossed. I love that scene with Gene Kelly. I love Gene Kelly! Enjoy your Monday Kate!!
September 3, 2012 at 6:39 am
Hello
Good to “see” you again, hope you’ll visit my blog too.
That photo is great!
September 2, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Thank you Doris! I am heading for a visit to your blog right now…
Thank you on the kind words about the picture of our Tiny Ten!
September 3, 2012 at 6:24 am
Enjoy the cooler temps and the rain. We are still waiting patiently. I have been feeding the squirrels and birds again this summer. (I usually only do winter feeds) The heat has been terrible. My hummingbirds stopped coming early in the summer just like last year?
September 3, 2012 at 8:33 am
The cool temps aren’t here yet and I won’t believe em till I walk out the door! We have three days of 98 before they show up. I understand your heat and drought now. It sucked the very life out of me this summer. I think the liquid in the hummer feeders gets too hot for them. We didn’t feed the hummers this year.
September 3, 2012 at 8:48 am
three days of 94, 97, 96! Don’t want tomake it hotter than the latest projected temps!
September 3, 2012 at 9:49 am
105 for here today. Heat Heat GO away
September 3, 2012 at 10:12 am
Well 105 really stinks!
September 3, 2012 at 10:13 am
*waves a big happy hi* I heard the earth around me sigh in satisfaction as I sat on the porch this morning. I even saw a hummingbird dip its little beak into one of the buds of my roses valiantly trying to come back to life.
September 3, 2012 at 10:37 am
Yep I feel “happy” starting to come back to Missouri. How much are looking forward to that cold air making its way down here late week? The only bit of sadness I feel is that I believe we are going to lose moreof our oaks and it kills me to see the scorched tree canopy on the way to Jeff and Columbia. Surely all those trees can’t be dead.
September 3, 2012 at 10:46 am
Yippee. Yahoo!! Glad to see you back in the saddle Pix!! I thought I better check when I saw your comments at my place. Amazing what a little rain and Fall on the way can do for a soul! Xo, Margie
September 4, 2012 at 7:45 am
Absolutely! Fall and falling rain!!!
September 4, 2012 at 7:59 am
Can’t you just hear the earth and animals sighing?
September 4, 2012 at 8:15 am
Hi MPM!!!! How are you? So excited to see a comment from you…
Yes I can hear them! But I think I have the biggest sigh of all because I can let up worrying about the earth and animals just a bit.
September 4, 2012 at 8:33 am
Good to know that Pix! Cheers. Over here, it’s been two months since it started to rain. Still there..
Is that your home? Wow, very nice place to live. Sigh.
September 4, 2012 at 8:44 am
Hi Nandini! Yes, that is home. Very peaceful, except for the tractors and the rural noises of farming and raising livestock. Nice to see you..
September 5, 2012 at 5:18 am
(Wasn’t sure if you subscribed to comments or not: the flowers at the side of my picture today are crepe myrtle blooms. Are you familiar with those trees? Thanks for commenting!)
September 5, 2012 at 5:31 am
Yes Dianna, we have 4 of them in the front flower bed. The crepe myrtles are the only things that made it thru the drought with flying lovely colors!! In your picture the bloom just looked like a lilac to me. Maybe I just wanted it to be a lilac this morning
September 5, 2012 at 5:42 am
The temperature here has dropped and we’re able to go for longer walks again.
September 5, 2012 at 5:44 am
Thank Goodness! You have to get out and see the sights and sniff the air, right? We are still hot but it rained here yesterday morning again and we are suppose to start a cool down tommorow with a cold front coming in on Friday. I can hardly wait to pull some jeans and boots on..
September 5, 2012 at 5:47 am
We have had a terribly dry summer too and finally got the rain we were so longing for.It is such a blessing after cracked dry soil and hot sleepless nights.Happy days are here again in Michigan!
September 5, 2012 at 9:21 am
Hello! Thank you for the visit..
Glad you got some rain too. We need to keep getting it, hopefully more tonight or Friday.
September 6, 2012 at 5:05 am
Happy Birthday month, Pix! So glad that you got some much needed rain on the Tiny Ten.
September 5, 2012 at 9:43 pm
Thank you Nancy! Hope we get some more tonight and/or Friday. We NEED MORE!!!
September 6, 2012 at 5:06 am
Congrats on the rain. I got my fingers crossed this is a positive step forward into breaking the heat and the drought. Your wine time on the back porch sounds so relaxing.
It’s great to see you posting again. I’ve been slack on my blogging. I’ve had several things going on and still do, so for now I blog when I can.
Hope you have a pleasant day.
September 6, 2012 at 6:31 am
EC we still can’t get some rain. It keeps missing us and I think most of Fall will be dry. We need it so bad! I think we will break the heat pattern but the drought is here to stay. Hope I am wrong, just what I have read. I am going to enjoy the cold front that is headed our way!
September 6, 2012 at 6:38 am
Bless your hearts. I hate to hear that.
I like your attitude, a cool spell does sound inviting.
Sending out my best rainy thoughts and prayers your way.
September 6, 2012 at 6:44 am
Hey, we didn’t know you had been away, as we have just met..but every one is so pleased you are back
Thank you for defending us Yesterday.. Pop over and see us some time..Were really stupid and just like a bit of fun. So pleased you have finally got some rain. We live in the UK, we normally have our umbrellas up..lol xx00xx
Mollie and Alfie
September 7, 2012 at 3:32 am
Thank you Mollie and Alfie. More rain came down yesterday, about an inch and more is suppose to come today. I took a short blog break that got to be a long blog break. I am an inconsistent blogger..
I had fun reading the deliberations and comments related to the “crime”. Thank you for the visit and I will pop over to see you!
September 7, 2012 at 5:32 am
Beautiful edit of the photo of your home — and so happy you got some rain out of Isaac. We had our bout with the drought last year, and we do sympathize. I’m hoping you’ve gotten some more with the front that came through today.
September 14, 2012 at 12:12 am
It is raining now as I type! Giddy!!! I can hear the Oaks sighing. Drought is no fun, I will never complain about the rain or winter again. Well as long as there aren’t any ice storms!
September 14, 2012 at 6:52 am