Rain
Our holiday season has been stormy. The Bay Area has been weathering “heavy winds” and “heavy rain” for the last week, along with some fairly cool weather (above freezing, but well below short-sleeves). I put heavy in quotes because, compared to the rains and winds to which we are accustomed in Costa Rica, these have [...]
February is usually windy and very dry. Atypically, it rained on Monday. It did not rain hard, and it did not last very long, but it was a bit of a treat to have rain at all. The garden certainly appreciated it, two of our plumeria trees that were dormant seem to be putting out [...]
Thanks Rain! I am happy to have a second day in a row with rain. I’m sure that I’ll be biting my tongue in another month when the cats and dogs are falling, but I heard yesterday that this area is suffering the driest August/September in the last 70 (seventy!!) years. It has been awfully [...]
Planted jalapeno seeds today. Again. I think that the last batch failed to germinate because we tried to start them inside, on the kitchen counter. I’ve since read that they like hot soil. Well…. they are now out by the shower- full sun for at least 6 hours/day. They’ll be hot, all right. Just have [...]
We’ve been anticipating, dreading, imploring, praying for/against, thinking about, visualizing, discussing, predicting, prognosticating, lauding, damning, preparing for, rushing ahead of, remembering, and otherwise considering the rainy season for about a month now (since the first rain came). I feel pretty comfortable saying that Rainy Season 2009 is finally here. It alternated between drizzle and pour [...]
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