A rumble in the northern sky yesterday afternoon prompted me to check the radar. WHOA! Pop, pop, pop and another pop --- heat induced thunderstorms covered our part of the state. Sam called me around 4:30pm and said we had already gotten an inch of rain at the headquarters of the Back Forty. Oh and what a lovely drop in the temperature. 82 degrees never felt so heavenly.
And just when we thought the rain was over and the gauges were emptied, another cell came over us from the west and dumped another quarter of an inch on us. The lightening was intense as it bounced all around us. The electricity was off for a short period of time but the temperature was cool enough that I wasn't too bothered by the lack of circulating air in the house.
The Little Town received nada in the rain department yesterday but a nice shower came through today as I was leaving city limits headed for home.
The hummingbirds are migrating south. I am now down to one feeder from four feeders. It seemed to have happened overnight that the majority of the birds left this area. There will be a few stragglers hanging around for a while taking advantage of the welfare feeder. Come the end of the month I suspect they will all be gone.
Think I'll head to the porch for a few minutes of quiet time....with my adult beverage, of course.
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I'm jealous of your rain showers and your back porch. I look forward to sharing one of those adult beverages on it someday soon.
Girl, all you gotta do is give me a heads up on when you'll be here. I've got a chair and a cold beer with your name on it.
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