When we got up this morning it was raining. It had been raining nearly all night (at least since midnight) and the “flash flood” alert had gone off for the southern end of the county. It was nice and cool and the rain was just coming straight down… A real oddity for Oklahoma. It would rain at about 1/2 inch per hour or more for awhile then let up and almost stop then start again… Since there was not much else to do we took off to town for a late breakfast. Ended up at the Spudnut shop for Jalapeno Sausage rolls… pretty tasty.
Once back it was a pretty lazy day… did a little work off and on but not enough and a lot of setting on the back deck watching. One problem is I found a leak. My first thought was a roof leak as it was dripping from the outer beam along the top of the deck… I called the roofer to get them set to come out and check it. After looking closer it was for sure just dripping from the outer area and not the inner of that beam so it could possibly be that the rain gutter or leaf grate or something was allowing water to run back under the shingle at the edge and it was coming out that way? At that point I called the rain gutter people and have them set to come do a review and then set up a complete clean out and adjustment to make sure the guttering is not causing any water to get back under the roof. I have had several areas that seem to drip a lot on the inside between the gutter and the fascia so best to get it all checked and put back to right.
During the morning I did get a few back yard picks of the “wildlife” and I missed the most important one… While setting on the deck early I noticed a humming bird come into the feeder but it was different. Looked closer and it was “orange”… before I could get the camera up it took off to a tree. I tried to get it focused but never got on him before he just took off… I went in and found him in the bird book…
Since “I MISSED IT” I had to take this from the web… in the bird book it shows they only range in and through the west and probably not past the front range? but I am sure of what I saw, even though I was too slow to get a real picture.
Along with that I captured the squirrel eating my blackberries…
Maybe I better go pick some before he gets more than his share?
in between showers the birds would hit the grass area west of the house as I had just mowed it and it was prime for bugs now. I was actually out there waiting on the Rufous to come back… didn’t happen.
The rest of the day was pretty lazy… with it raining till middle of the afternoon… Big excitement was leftovers for lunch and then a wild hair to get a hot sandwich from Dominos and go to the park at Boomer Lake… nice evening for it… and great temps… so we got some tea and picked up the sandwich and went to the lake…
The bench is lonely , waiting for people to come back out… it was clear and dry now and great temps… There were a lot of people out getting exercise though. Suspect some were morning walkers that missed due to the rain and were getting the walk in for the evening?
They came out to the point but never sat down…
The fishing was real good but the catching appeared to be pretty slow…
The old rock wall made for a decent back drop to the picture… It is need of repair I am afraid.
On the way home we cruised main street and then hit the Sonic for a Root beer float…It sure was good… ended up the evening back out on the deck but was too late for the birds… getting real dark and all I could make out was the bat zooming by and the lightening bugs going off everywhere… Not a picture op in that although I may have to try some evening?
Just an all around great day of nothing exciting for a change…
WD0AJG