Same rain -different day!

Yep, it's raining again. Or perhaps I should say still.  

I managed to mow my very tall grass yesterday, 

finishing about 30 minutes before it began raining again.  

I only had to walk in 1/4" water in one spot of my yard.

I think I need to buy a boat!

While no flooding threatens me, that could change 

if this rain does not stop soon.

Here in my office the sound of the rain is quite loud.

I can only imagine what it would be in Ceili.

I've been busy working on the house.

I ordered the carpet.

Bought the necessary stuff to finish the main bathroom.

Only the tile left to do.

When I get that down I'll post a photo.

I was hoping for today BUT. . .

I'm sandwiching the huge blue and white quilt,

at long last.

Guess what?

All the blue threads are showing under the white!

So am now clipping the BACK of the top.

It's a very large quilt, sigh.

I have to finish the sandwich today so I can have the table to eat on!

Photos to follow.

Wish me luck on the quilt,

and continued sanity at being cooped up!

The scratched record that is our weather

Rain.

Rain.

Rain.

Finally, the sun is shining today!

There is no chance for rain today!

Perhaps we shall dry out a bit.

Quinn is getting a bath-whether she likes it or not!

Rain

I think it rained all night last night.

I know it began with thunder and lightening before I went to bed,

Was still at it when I turned off the light.

And was storming again when I woke up.

The puddles are back in the yard.

I squish when I walk through the grass.

The grass grew inches overnight and can't be mowed due to said squishing.

I had to put the Quinn foiling pots out in the hosts garden.

Speaking of Quinn,

She's a muddy mess.

I'd give her a bath but more rain is on the way tonight and tomorrow.

Thankfully,

I am far enough away form rivers and streams to avoid any flooding.

My sump pump keeps the basement dry.

It's a good and in August we will all be wishing for rain.

Oh Boy, I seem to have neglected this blog.

There's an understatement if I ever saw one!

I was away for several days in Nashville.

Helped Tanya choose and plant flowers in her front garden.

Sewed patches on a quilt for them.

Went to President James Polk's home, 

then had 100 layer donuts.

Somewhere between here and there the cover over the truck bed 

(that's UTE to you down under) split apart where it connects to the truck.

It was fine when I loaded up here but was when Rob unloaded there it was broken. 

we could barely get it over the bed and closed.

At the moment it is closed, but will need replacing before I head out for a long trip.

Since I've been home I haven't been making the trek up to the office,

In fact for one entire week I went neither up the stairs to the computer nor down the stairs to sew.

Just didn't want to.

It has rained and rained here.

We had the wettest winter in history and the rain has kept the ground saturated.

Many streams are running bank full and fast.

Interstate 29 north of St Joseph is still closed due to flooding.

Both the Missouri and the Mississippi are out of their channels.

It has dried out a bit now but storms are predicted for tonight and intermittently for the rest of the week.

Back to puddles in the yard!

I finally turned the heat off yesterday, 

 really hope the air conditioning can stay off awhile.

Yesterday, I moved all the plants out of the house.

Repotted some.

All the "Christmas" Cactus here.
Including a new one in Orange.
The other "houseplants" are out as well.

Potted up my container garden.

3 Cherry type tomatos,
2 peppers,
and a bush cucumber here.

Thyme and rosemary (if it survives, love the stuff but can't keep them alive.)
Sage, Basil, Oregano, Bunching onions,
Plus the sago palm from the house.

Still need to purchase some annuals for the front of the house
as well as the hosts garden.
Have to get a small fence for the hosta garden to keep Miss Quinn from laying behind the plants which damages them.

Today, I pulled some weeds and repotted the succulent garden.

As it had outgrown its container.

It is quite heavy, which could be a problem later on.

Then I potted up these Mimicry plants.

They like to be very dry.

Quinn and I have been taking walks again.

Finally found a way to track how far we go-I want to do 3 miles.

Today, we stopped off a small pond for a rest and watched the geese.

There are two pair of Canada geese on the pond and both have 4 goslings!

There are some rather large snapping turtles in the pond which would love to feed on the goslings-oh no!

Today, I saw two robins chase off a squirrel!

I'd never seen anything like robins dive bombing that squirrel.

No sewing to report but that might change after bit.

Tomorrow.

Is another day.

Housework and stuff.