Archive for the ‘Weather’ Category

Rain (Gustav) Rain (gustav) go away!

August 30th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

Don’t come again another day.
My prayers are with everyone along the gulf coast in the path of Gustav (and the other storms following along on Gustav’s heals).
Be safe.
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Slip Sliding Away…

December 24th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

On Saturday we left home to travel to Wichita.  We made it to the state line before we received the phone call that everyone who was traveling was turning back to go home due to the white-out/near blizzard conditions on the roads.  We had already seen at least 5 vehicles go off the road and a [...]

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The Butt-Crack of Dawn

November 5th, 2007 at 8:45 am

There’s a slight glow of soft blue around the edges of the curtains.  The three year old is banging on his door anouncing his intention to start the day–whether I am ready to begin or not.  I don’t want to get up yet.  The sun hasn’t even peeked over the eastern horizon yet.  It’s not [...]

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What the rain hath wrought

July 6th, 2007 at 6:27 am

It rained again yesterday and I thought I’d post a few photos to share some of the joys of so much rain:
1. Mud, mud, and more mud…plus a moat:

2. Very, very wet and muddy dogs. I am SO ready for it to dry out so we can get a fence put in for [...]

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Thursday Thirteen… Happy Fourth Of July! (a day late)

July 5th, 2007 at 12:46 pm

I’ve had mixed feelings about the Fourth of July and fireworks over the years. It’s all tied up with a lot of memories of the holiday spent with my dad as well as some childhood mishaps with firecrackers added to Snoring Daddy’s hell-bent mission every year to set them off whether we have a [...]

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