Tuesday, 8 July 2025

Stormy weather!

That was a peculiar day Monday. Just when you thought the rain was done... We had 5 mm in the morning and 18mm in the afternoon. Very exciting watching the lightning as it just hammered down. Just before the second storm arrived, I figured I'd best shower just in case we lost power. Life with well water and septic!


The fishies were happy with the rain water. It drains from the eaves into the water barrel, and then into the pond.

The day before, Nutmeg was supervising Fred! Fred was on the patio stones when I peeked over. She hustled under the deck. Nutmeg just sat and watched her.





A bloom on the Canna Lily. Can you see the wittle teeny flying bug?!

Our smaller Catalpa tree has just about lost its blossoms.


We've still a couple of gray tree frogs on the back deck!

The deerflies are quite active. I like these deerfly patches. They circle your head, then land on the back of it. Gotcha!

This tree has been enjoyed by birds, bugs and bees!

I haven't been down to our Lot #3 lately. It turns out the huge pine tree fell. It was riddles with woodpecker holes. It finally fell.



It's been having issues for years. This is 2022.





10 comments:

KarenW said...

We got 83mm of rain. Everything is so saturated. I didn't get out pulling weeds yesterday (due to rain) and man oh man, the garden needs lots of attention today.

Anvilcloud said...

All this time, and I never realized that the pond was that close to the house.

Kathy G said...

Deer flies are the worst. I'm glad you have an effective solution to keep them off your skin.

RedPat said...

We have had no rain here and things are getting very dry. Nutmeg is so cool.

Jenn Jilks said...

This is the goldfish pond, A/C! Right out front. The frog pond, where the bears roam, is about 100m down the hill, and beyond a meadow.

DrumMajor said...

Nutmeg is an excellent supervisor too! Linda in Kansas

Barbara Rogers said...

Well, everybody seems to be having a lot of rain -except us! So I watered the porch plants and the balcony plants every other day. That’s great that that old tree finally came down.

Lowcarb team member said...

The fish look happy :)

All the best Jan

Red said...

The long life of tree. What a story this tree could tell.

Jeanie said...

Yikes. Everything looks healthy but that's a ton of rain -- and it brings out the bugs in force!