What is your weather like ... today

[weonlycut]

Its a sunny day. love it

 

[CountryEscape]

Thanks everyone for sharing your rainy pics. I know you may be tired of it, but hey, I would give ANYTHING for a nice 2 or 3 day shower here. I'm beginning to think the grass will never grow again, it's so dead and brown and it all dried up, nothing left but dirt. I'm heading to my daughter's house in UT tomorrow, and she says it has rained there every day for the last 9 days or something like that! I told her to please hold some of that rain for me! Oh, how wonderful it will be to have rain.
Addy, I think my total rain for July was 1.3" .... FAR below normal. Today it was 103 on way home from work again. Not much better rest of the week. Hoping for cooler temps in UT ... and RAIN.
Here's my front yard ... sad sad sad.

Not very far from me, there are green spots in people's yards, but within maybe 10 miles, everyone's yard looks just like this. Total brown and dead. I'm to the point of having to water landscaping every other day or it will die, too. Last year it was just as hot as this year, but we got good inch rains about weekly, so not nearly as bad.
Some good things about having a drought in the midwest: No mosquitos (none, I'm serious!!!), no flies (I've had maybe 2 in my house all summer), no mowing necessary (I've mowed once in the last 6.5 weeks now, and it will be another 2 weeks before I mow again, if then) so saving gas and wear and tear on the mower, humidity is way down as there is no moisture in the air or on the ground.
All that said, I still would love to see some good showers happening!

 

[callingcolleen1]

Perfect flower weather.... nice and warm, it's just after midnight, temp 70 degrees, supposed to get thundershowers tonight.
Please don't hate me cause my Lilly's are sooooo pReTTy!!
I couldn't wait to figure out my new camera cell phone, and show you....

 

[CountryEscape]

Very pretty lilies, Colleen! I'll never hate looking at someone else's pretty flowers. Now, you need to learn how to rotate those flowers. LOL In my phone, when I have the picture up on the screen, and wait a few seconds, I get the choice of "options", hit that, then look for "edit", wait for the picture to load with the edit mode, then look for the curly arrow to "rotate left" or "rotate right". Good luck! Loved it anyhow, even if I had to turn my computer sideways. Glad you got a new phone! I would be lost without mine.
Well, ran barn well dry this morning, watering the last tree even! Now waiting for it to catch back up before I need to leave in about 3 hours, so I can get it primed and working for the kids that will come and take care of everything for me. Looks like they will be using the house well(s) to water landscaping. Sure hope that one doesn't go dry, or I will be SOL! The former owner and his 2 brothers, only 3 houses on this mile and a half road, chose not to sign up for the rural water, so well water is all I have to use. I'm pretty sure it will come back, though, and I've not used the house wells for any heavy duty watering, and with me gone, it will be fine. PLUS, the house wells have pump down in the well, the barn well has it on top, so I'll have to prime it likely once it catches back up .... but that one needs to be used for the cows and horses. Horse trough is full, though, so they may not need any before I get home. They have the pond, too.

 

[sissy]

yeh ain't it funny how the weeds grow no matter what .

 

[j.w]

Love your pretty lilies Colleen and all the nice stuff you post, pups and all!
Well that would really be a bummer if all your wells run dry but sounds like they catch up sooner or later. Never had that happen here but another neighborhood just a short walk from here had it happen on hotter than normal summer here to some owners. They made the mistake of watering their lawns too often. Now they know.
Nice and sunny here and up to 71* today but heading maybe into the 90's by this weekend.............so they say. That will be a bit too hot for me unless I jump in the river :surfing:

 

[sissy]

My neighbor is having a new well done right now and that is the second one in the last 4 months .They bought these new built homes and builder does not give a home warrantee so that would tell me run away .

 

[addy1]

The last two summers the only thing that got watered was us, a few, very few, new plants and the pond. All else was on its own. We baby our well.

 

[sissy]

My stupid neighbor has a sprinkle system for his lawn and runs it 4 hours every morning and does not think it can happen ,he says oh my well is 200 feet deep ,well big dumb lug mine is 450 feet deep ,he is the same dumb one that could not start his lawnmower and then a week ag blew the motor because he did not add oil like I told him too .oh well that is men for you never listen to a woman At least not the dumb men .

 

[addy1]

And we have nothing but smart men on this forum......................so they all listen to us gals!

 

[icsd71]

Thats right ladies.

 

[sissy]

hope so addy hope so :razz:

 

[HARO]

I'll have to let the wife know I'm smart!!! She doesn't always believe it.
John

 

[j.w]

Well, your wife is a smart woman Haro................not implying anything mind you

 

[ComputerGuy]

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