Last night there was a thunderstorm.
I had a busy afternoon and evening: 2 hr yoga class, early dinner with Mom and Grandma, and a movie with my sister.
Before dinner was over, the skies opened up, lightning flashed and Mom started trying to figure out how to get Grandma into the car without soaking her, and how to give me the microwave she'd brought for me. Turns out Grandma's not afraid of a few raindrops, and Mom dropped the microwave off on my kitchen doorstep (directly under one of the leaks in my carport) while I was at the movies.
Arriving at the theater, I saw my sister, and at least half of the Jewish population of Nashville. Okay, that's an exaggeration, but there were at least 15 people we knew there, including a rabbi. Gotta love a small city.
It was still raining when I got home, and after bringing in the microwave, I went through the most recent stack of vegetable seed packets I purchased, decided upon the arugula, cucumber, watermelon, radish, beet and chard, tore the paper envelopes open, and poured all of the seeds into a single envelope.
I shook the envelope to mix up the seeds, zipped up my jacket, put the hood over my head, and slipped on my garden shoes. After turning on the outside light, I made my way to the back yard, circled the garden, shaking seeds into my hand and scattering them as I went.
On the walk back to the house, I noticed the rain barrel was overflowing, and not draining into the second barrel I'd set up next to it. One minor adjustment...lowering the second barrel off its perch and onto the ground, below the level of the barrel connected to the gutter, and the water flowed freely through the overflow hose into the second barrel successfully. Clearly was not an aqueduct designer in a previous life.
Hope to see the new seeds sprout this week!
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