RAIN! Lovely, Lovely Rain.

Those of you from the Northeast know that we have been in some serious need of rain. Well Thank You God for finally sending us some! The grass was brown and actually "crunchy", that is just so wrong.

 So now that I got started on making this blog & spend endless hours figuring out how to do what I want ( like adding more then one picture in a post!!!!GGGRRRRR) the rain has giving me a good excuse to stay inside and tend to this most important task. BUT, when I looked out the window and saw my garden: first I was giddy cause the black eyed susan its starting to bloom, second, the weeds came back with a vengeance. And yes, I do get all stupidly giddy when I see new things blooming in the garden. To me it's way more important then useless things like men walking on the moon. The giddiness turned to self loathing though when the weeds I thought I destroyed with my home made weed killer (I don't like nasty chemicals in or around the gardens since the Dufus Bros, introduce them another time, are always cutting through them or hunting for toads) all came back life. Seems the rain not only miraculously brang them back to life but also infused them with some miracle grow to. DAMN.
Oh well, gotta take the good with the bad I suppose. On the good side: the grass is almost all green again, I won't be making the electric company anymore money from watering, the bees will stop attacking anything and everything with a drop of moisture (that was just sooo insane!), the gardens are getting a hell of a nicely needed deep soaking and my favorite: I can chillax again at night with my cocktail, sitting in my swing in the garden, enjoying a fire and the sunsets and stars without worrying about setting the neighborhood on fire. *LOUD HAPPY EXHALE*

PS. He's a bit to small to really see, but there is a young Bluebird sitting on top of the umbrella. Our first year here I was so excited that we had Bluebirds in the yard. Well soon after the first brood was in the making, things changed. Can I tell you that Bluebirds crap more than any species of birds on the planet!! I have hundreds of birds that visit the feeders and the crap from all of them put together can't rival what the Bluebirds (ONE PAIR!) left on every chair in my garden!!!!!!

PPS. Just an FYI....Some of you might not be aware that some septic systems require "mounds" due to poor drainage. My yard is exceptionally drainage challenged and required a mountain instead of the average mound. My garden is actually on top of where the septic tank is. In it there are 5 pvc pipes sticking up, 2 manhole covers & an electric source for the alarm. There is also a drain from the left side of the garden that's runs underneath since a heavy rain pools between the house and the mountain. Camouflage CAN indeed hide hide ugly necessary things!

Cheers to the rain!!!!
Jester