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Across the Fence:  When is it going to rain??  |
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 03:47:42 AM
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It is still very, very dry here in the Great North Woods. I've never seen anything quite like it ever. Usually our spring weather is consistently rainy-Not this year. The grass is crunchy, my gardens are suffering and my perennials for the first time ever are burning to a crisp.Up North from us there have been massive fires stopping only in some areas when the fire met the lake-shore. Those thankfully, have been contained only after many homes, cottages, and vacation spots were burned to the ground.
Makes me wonder what July and August are going to be like.
What is happening to our "normal" weather? And, when is it going to rain?
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13621 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 3:28:58 PM
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I was thinking of you today CJ and the fires in CO!
They finally have the fire up North contained but the photos we've seen are staggering....As you know it's a real tourist area this far north and so many people rely on the income to sustain them throughout the year-It's very sad. No one wants to visit a burned out area with burned out campgrounds and lodges.
DH and I talked about this maybe happening over the winter-We had one snowstorm to speak of virtually unheard of here and we were dreading what might happen during the summer. Both of us thinking some serious rain shortage, but we've never experienced this before. My grass is crunchy-my plants are stunted and not doing anything in my raised beds-I feel so bad. Even our fruit trees are dropping fruit-We live in town so we are able to use city water to help out but my goodness it's expensive!
Keep safe CJ and know we are praying for rain for you as well as the rest of the country-
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 5:08:19 PM
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I would be more than thrilled to send you some of our rain! We were in a drought but now gettin close to Ark building time. It just needs to stop so can get into fields and get them planted!!!!
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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heritagehunter
True Blue Farmgirl
207 Posts
Julie
La Salle
Co
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 6:06:34 PM
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I live 30 miles east of where the Colorado fires are. Today the smoke from them is thick. My eyes are burning and it smells like a camp fire. My Dad lives about 15 miles from where they are at. I was worried about him, but he said they are fine. He is more worried about the smoke seeping in through the wimdows and making the curtains smell. I told him it reminds me of all the camping trips he took us on. He told me it reminded him of the time I started a fire in the fireplace and forgot to open the flute.
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prariehawk
True Blue Farmgirl
2914 Posts
Cindy
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 7:18:35 PM
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It's dry here in Illinois, too. I drove across the Mississippi River bridge today and there was a huge sandbar visible that's usually covered with water. It rained good last night, but we need it to rain that way every night for about a week. I can't get anything in my vegetable garden to grow.You can see the cracks in the earth and the grass is crunching underfoot. No wildfires here, but we had one in a state park last year or was it the year before? I hope ya'll get some rain and they get the fires under control. I know it's scary to live close to where the fires are burning. Praying that everyone stays safe.
Cindy
"Vast floods can't quench love, no matter what love did/ Rivers can't drown love, no matter where love's hid"--Sinead O'Connor
"In many ways, you don't just live in the country, it lives inside you"--Ellen Eilers
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grace gerber
True Blue Farmgirl
2804 Posts
grace
larkspur
colorado
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 7:39:26 PM
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So many of my friends have lost all in the fires near Fort Collins - it breaks my heart and we live on the edge each day as everthing around me is turning brown. With the dry lightening storms of late all you can do is hope that you will be spared - I hate this and is wears a person out... I hope all will get the weather they need but I know that does not happen so we just pray.. Oh and run water to animals almost round the clock.
Grace Gerber
Larkspur Funny Farm and Fiber Art Studio
Where the spirits are high and the fiber is deep
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sjmjgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
566 Posts
Stephanie
Mt. Vernon
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 7:58:05 PM
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Had a little rain here in Iowa yesterday, but it really didnt make much of a dent. The beans are starting to curl up in the fields. Rae, I'd gladly take some of that rain off your hands!
Farmgirl Sister # 3810
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2012 : 8:19:32 PM
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It takes on an almost physical yearning needing rain don't you think? It seems once the rain comes after a long, long period of drought it brings a release that you can actually feel-
We were hoping to have a good amount of steady-intermittent rain this summer because our lake levels are so low-a steady decline for quite a while now-Makes me think our Great Lakes will never be the same-Great for added shoreline but it looks so strange especially when I remember the water levels being a lot higher when I was in high school. I believe the Earth is changing girls and RAPIDLY!
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FieldsofThyme
Farmgirl Guide & Schoolmarm / Chapter Leader
4928 Posts
USA
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13621 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13621 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 06:31:07 AM
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Yes! Melody, that is exactly it! This dryness puts you on edge. Because of our previous fire and the current conditions we have 2 1/2 inch fire hoses rigged up to our irrigation system. It's just plain scary!
Like Grace says, it absolutely wears you out . . it very stressful!
Check out the thread in WEATHER, started by our own Debbie, "WILDLAND FIRES IN COLORADO". She's really close to one of them!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
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Edited by - ceejay48 on Jun 18 2012 06:39:25 AM |
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pnickols
True Blue Farmgirl
808 Posts
Patricia
Parma
Ohio
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 07:31:35 AM
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| last summer all it did was rain and now we are really dry. did get some rain for a few hours yesterday but my grass could be bailed for straw, I water my few veggies I planted but amnot going to pay to water the grass everyday |
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GirlwithHook
True Blue Farmgirl
922 Posts
Alyce
Madison
WI
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 08:46:29 AM
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We had a little rain over the weekend but...not much. Everything is dry except the air, which is so humid it feels like it's hogging all the water for itself. They are predicting rain today, so I cleaned the car just to make sure of it!
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 09:16:22 AM
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Alce- I hear what you are saying...if this humidity doesn't lighten up, I'll have to stay home this afternoon- my hair won't make it thru the door to my office!!
Lori
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 09:30:27 AM
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We had some real thunder and rain last night and it is cloudy today-but it hardly made any significant difference-we could use a couple of days of steady gentle rain-I've given up on what's left of the lawn, but I am worried about our fruit trees!
Melody |
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goneriding
True Blue Farmgirl
1599 Posts
Winona
Central Oregon
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 12:53:25 PM
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We had rain for the longest time, great for the pasture, now, it's dry, dry, dry. The pasture is looking a bit sucky, too. I thought we'd have good grass growing for a while longer. All we're getting is lots of wind, cold wind! When the wind isn't blowing, the skeeters are out and about and driving my animals nuts. They are doused in fly spray morning and nite!!
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 1:10:15 PM
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You know why can't it just even out, I need some dry for a while and you all need my rain 
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 1:57:09 PM
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RAIN! It's currently rumbling like mad and our weather radar indicates we are in for a DOOZY of a thunderstorm...Thank goodness!
Melody
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 2:52:11 PM
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Mel - I just got through reading this, and walked outside and got DRENCHED! We had a small summer shower, and I am grateful for every single rain drop. It didn't last more than a couple of minutes, but we need rain so badly I didn't even care that my car windows were cracked for ventilation and my freshly washed hair was soaked! I'll blow hard and maybe send those showers your way!
from the hearts of paradise...
1Thess. 4:11
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 3:53:47 PM
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It's getting kind of scary here with all the warnings, but oh the rain is WONDERFUL!
Thanks Julie Belle for the info about the farmhouse in Michigan-It's very, very, close to where Bruce's parents live!
I never would have seen it if you hadn't have let me know-Love you lots-Talk to you soon!
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erowease
True Blue Farmgirl
294 Posts
Lesley
Edmonds
wa
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2012 : 7:40:59 PM
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Wish I could send you all some of mine, I am sick of rain. I want the sun to show up. Or just warm up to temperatures in the 70's. Maybe I should come up with a way to bottle it up and call it Seattle Rain and create a shower head type lid so you could sprinkle some rain drops....
Lesley
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 21 2012 : 5:14:49 PM
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Ok we have flooding now. Don't know if anyone saw Duluth MN and the damage yesterday, well that is about 50+ miles north of me and the town next to us, where I work, is flooding as I write. It is scary, the school has flooding, where I work and just the whole town. I can get to the little town I am from and we can't get anywhere else as roads are closed. It is crazy and you can sure have some of this water. To top it off it is now thundering out!
Just needed to scream 
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3317 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3317 Posts |
Posted - Jun 21 2012 : 7:34:29 PM
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I know!!! We've been to Duluth many times and I can't imagine what it must be like right about now. My thoughts and prayers are with you Rae! Take care....
Melody |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 22 2012 : 04:00:07 AM
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Moose Lake Mn is where the big flooding is now from the lake so it doesn't just run through and go away. My best friends daughters both have homes flooded there. The School is surrounded by water and ....just so sad to see and so personal when it is where you work or live.
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 22 2012 : 05:29:32 AM
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I do pray you all get rain that you need, and it knows when to stop 
Rae
Farm Girl #647
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13621 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
13621 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2012 : 1:54:22 PM
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My daughter and I have traveled across my home state of Colorado this week . . . the entire state is frighteningly dry and just SOOOOOOO many fires. We've seen several smaller ones that have grown and there is now one in Weber Canyon which is down in my corner of the state.
My hubby says it's growing and you can see the glow of the fire at night. It's also hotter than normal, no rain, no humidity and too much wind!
Sooooo scary and so discouraging!
PRAYING!!!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
Mother Hen: FARMGIRLS SOUTHWEST HENHOUSE
living life - www.snippetscja.blogspot.com
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from my heart - www.fromacelticheart.blogspot.com
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