It rained much of yesterday and almost all of today… total so far in two days… 2.95 inches +/-… The rain came more like a mid to late fall rain… no thunder, no lightening, just persistent rain that fell straight down… very little wind… temps in the low 60’s… just like it could be October or we could have been in the mountains… I remember being up there when it would have late afternoon showers like this… also remember several times it rained like this and flooded up there… guess they were having some of the same as we were… more heavy rains for them and flooding… (in spots)…
I did take off early and got some breakfast… had me a Jalapeno Cheddar biscuit at Whataburger… not bad…then went to the store and picked up some groceries and things we needed, then back home and on some paperwork… took off for lunch, after having to dry off the stupid dog twice… one will take off in any weather , one won’t get out in the rain… even if she is about to explode… anyway we went back to Whataburger for lunch…and on the way in captured this for an idea of how much rain..
On our way to Whataburger I told Sherrie “ I had that strange feeling when I went early I would be back… ha… “
After lunch I got home and it was still raining… who would of thought all day long… so I did what I could and then sat out on the back deck to enjoy the cool… although I had to put on some warmer clothes as shorts and rain and wet feet just don’t work well with me at 60 degrees… I did some reading and pictures…
Small bird that sure can squawk loud… Little Blue Herron ( I think)… as opposed to the Great Blues we have here as well…did some other stuff but I also started up some Green Chili… This time I made it with some of the pulled pork I had frozen a few months ago… and it turned out ok… a different taste with the smoked pork flavor… I need to do some pulled pork that is a bit more …. Mexican and save that back for this
The only real way to cook green chili is in a cast iron pot… and slow simmer it till the flavors are really blended out…
Then serve it over bean and cheese burritos or hamburgers or … just eat it as chili with tortilla chips? but our normal is on the burritos…
This evening I made it out to the Ham Radio but the conditions were worse than they were last winter? Some were even going down to 80 meters to work contacts and that just doesn’t happen in summer with the noise and all… but oh well… I worked on some plane parts while I waited for something better to happen on the radio, which it didn’t so I gave up early… and that was a day… Don’t ever remember this low of temps in July and 2 days of slow gentle rain with limited run-off… although the picture above shows a lot of water the runoff was pretty low or my pond would be filling up and it is not… the Snake River (my drain ditch) has run most of the time but it has been a very slow gentle flow… helps when it doesn’t move the rocks down the hill… I still have some spots that need some more concrete to bind it up… and that will be a project for later…
WD0AJG