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Winter is more or less over, which means aside from yesterday, our rains are likely to stop for six months. I'll miss them. During the rainy season in California, we have running water everywhere!
Now the few pools that remain are filled with tadpoles and water birds. Unfortunately, they'll dry up quickly - when your soil is volcanic clay, evaporation is an issue, so those froggies better grow fast!
Yesterday Jake and I took advantage of the downpour to hike at our favorite park all alone. We saw a gray fox, three deer, countless squirrels, one sleepy owl and a pair of pileated woodpeckers (who resemble prehistoric dinosaurs). The animals come out in bad weather, which is why I'm there too.
4 comments:
It rained all day here, and may rain all week. It's like we aren't going to have a spring. Snow to rain and then maybe, hopefully summer.
However, it looks like you have a great place to walk no matter what the weather.
How do you maintain a garden in the summer, without rain? Over here in the UK they are likely to enforce a hosepipe ban if we have too much dry weather
Sherry - we can water. We have huge amounts of snow in the mountains this year. During droughts we have to be very careful - like save water from showers and washing to pour on plants.
Rhobin - once the foxtails dry out, I'll have to be careful - they get in the dog's feet.
Cool! We have woodpeckers but I've never seen a pilated up close. And I hear the owls every night but never see them.
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