Again and again yesterday we were hit with buckets of drenching rain. Inches of it. Pouring out of the sky., I don’t even really understand how a fluffy cloud could contain so much water. 
Literally Tons of water in a little cloud like that. How can it sit in there and wait to rain like that?
My rain gauge has given up in disgust – hurling itself onto the ground in a fit of pique but a friend said we have had 10 inches in the last 11 days. And that is on top of the last three weeks.
This land has returned to being a swamp.
Soon it must stop. Soon.
We must be careful what we wish for but a little drying out weather would be nice. I hope you have a lovely day.
Your friend on the farm
celi
Postscript: 8.22 am . Just been informed by a friend down the road that we have had 14 inches in the last 7 days. I don’t want to put up the new rain gauge. c
The Kitchen's Garden 
46 responses to “Prairie Squalls”
Wow. That’s some rain!
I used to work as a gardener, and although I know the plants love the water, rain makes outdoor work so much more complicated. And wet! Eventually you start to feel soggy right down to your bones and that’s just a little bit depressing (But at least that happy, muddy piggy is enjoying it). I hope it eases up soon!
Tuesday afternoon there was knee deep water running through the streets of downtown Houston. (it drained once the storm stopped and finally moved.) We have clients here from indonesia and we have to keep saying “It’s not always like this!” Things are very green for this time of year. They say we’ve already had more rain in the first 6 months of this year than we had during entire year for the past 2 years. Watching the wild fires and drought elsewhere keeps us from complaining.
Hope you get a break for your crops!