This month looks like it will fill the water table.
JUNE
2013
140mm
May, 2013 = 120mm.
April 2013 = rain, snow, sleet, hail!
2012
Aug. 2012 = 1.7mm
Sept. 2012 = 193.5mm
Oct. 2012 = 78mm.
My sophisticated system!
A rain gauge (udometer, pluviometer, or an ombrometer ) is a type of instrument used by meteorologists and hydrologists to gather and measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a set period of time.
Brake for turtles, or slow down
They are older than the hills, and we must take care not to lose them. Read more here.
This one was the size of my coffee table.
Long Lake snapping turtle! July, 2009
I couldn't believe it was real!
Beware - ticks are bad!
Ticks are really bad this year.
I've harvested 43 ticks thus far.
Daisy, the smallest cat, has had 19
Dorah –18
Sadie, Buster ,and myself; 1 each.
Then I found one in the cat bed. I stick them to a piece of tape.
We are on the cusp of this time where I can say, "I speak as a citizen of the world" without others saying, "God, what a nut." -Lawrence Lessig, professor and activist (b. 1961)
3 comments:
Nice winter river scene.
I too love that precious sound
quite different to the Tay River in Perth, Scotland
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