Weather

[NS'Creter]

Aaarrrgh!!! Stupid rain!! Last year we had 30 days of rain in June. This year it's rained every day for 3 weeks. Man! Who keeps ordering this stuff? Or is one of you washing your truck and making this happen? Stop it.

[NS'Creter]

Thank you. We had a drier day today and got some work done. Please don't wash your truck until...uummmm....I'll get back to ya.

[NS'Creter]

Someone did it...washed their truck, killed a spider, or something to bring the rain back. I'm down to hours now...I only need a few dry hours to finish one. After that I'll beg for the next job.

[Lindy]

Depending on where you are in the country there are regions that are drowning in rain or severe drought. We are having a severe drought in Central Texas, so I'd gladly take your rain. Maybe we can help each other out; you send me an Indian that can do a rain dance and I will bottle our continuous/dry/hot sunshine and send it to you (note: I will even remove the UV rays in order to ship it as non-hazardous freight).

Unfortunately none of us can will when it comes to fighting Mother Nature or Father Time. Don't get moldy as you wait for the rains to go away ... the sun will come out "tomorrow."

Lindy

[NS'Creter]

If only we could make a trade so we each would have that "happy medium" I've heard so much about.
"Remove the UV..." heh,heh...good one! ;D
We placed footing tubes and a foundation footing today...just beat the rain. We got the footing finished and could just feel it rollin' in so we tent-tarpped it and got lucky. Whew! It was torrential for about 45 minutes.

[Lindy]

I have been wishing and praying for rain to end our serious drought... as well maybe bring the price of hay down (field have not been growing and are brown from the heat of the glaring sun and lack of rain); usually by this time of year hay is on it's 3rd to 4th cutting (instead there has been only 1 cutting this year). Well in the past 2 days (48 hours) over 9" of rain has fallen (once being 3" in 1 hour, which caused flooding of roads, low water crossings, and some homes ... we certainly needed and welcome rainfall, just would have perferred not to be this much this quick. Needed to get our 16' equipment trailer today, but we store it on the back side of our property, must cross a creek that feeds the pond, in order to get to it ... may be days until water goes (so, no trailer until then).

Trevor, I know that I asked you to send "your excess of rain" down to me, but next time you do me a favor like that "please not so much rain at one time." I hope you "dried up and the sun is shining up in your neck of the woods.

Lindy

[NS'Creter]

That's no good when it comes so much so fast... Sorry, I was so glad that you wanted our rain that I sent it very enthusiastically. Seriously, though, I hope you get enough to moisten your parched ground.
Today the weather was good, so we got some work done.

[Lindy]

All in all the "trade of weather conditions" was worthwhile ... you got some much needed sunshine up there and we got some drought relief down here in Texas. The world would be such a better place if everyone strived to listen to the needs of other and help out accordingly.

Lindy

[NS'Creter]

Glad that you folks got some moisture. It's probably too little too late for some farmers...is it?

[Lindy]

Yes, it is to late for the farmers to salvage their sun burned/withered crops in the field. I always thought farming must be some sort of calling "to the dirt," the thrill of seeing things grown, since it certainly isn't the long hours in their fields or the money they get for their crops if they are lucky enough to harvest one. As opposed to those of us that have the abiity to work indoors if the weather is not cooperative and still at least be able to make a living, farmers depend on Mother Nature providing them with just enough sunshine and rain for their crops to mature in order to take them to market. It's no wonder that most farmers wives' have a "real job" ...for some odd reason the most popular job of the wife seems to be teaching school, which doesn't pay the best either in our area, but at least it is steady work with health insurance and retirement benefits that serve the farmers family well. Ranchers fair a little better, but in drought years the cost of feed is so inflated they definitely loose money, cull their herds for usually 25 cents on a $1.00, or bite the dust.

Lindy

[NS'Creter]

I think that it's a tough way to make a living no matter where you are. That's very coincidental that most farmers' wives are teachers here too. Then when I considered it for a minute....duh....they have summers off and can help out on the farm. That's a team player!

[Lindy]

Looks are great ... but, they don't cut the grass like a sharp blade and tuned up/strong motor. As they say you can put lipstick on a pig and frangrant lotion on it's skin; but, it will still be a pig. ;D Am sure that you are on top of the "purring" of the engine and the blade has been honed to the point that it will slash through the grass.

Lynn