Sunday
Finally it is raining. I had just about given up hope. Tomorrow I was going to start deciding what to quit watering. I'm not a quitter but I really can't afford to put in a new well. It's patched together until they can get back to replace some parts. I spent part of the morning hand watering some of the Azaleas. I was watering some of the smaller beds. My ex used to make me mad when he would say "just quit or just get rid of it" I would ask him "when he was going to get rid of me. Would I be next on his list of things to quit on." That rings true. I know I filed for the divorce but he "quit" on us and married someone else. I guess he quit on a lot of things by turning it over to me because he was too busy, too tired or just plain lazy.
I watched yesterday as the wind blew all the clouds away. No rain and it was a 50% chance. It has stopped raining now. Maybe there will be more later. I'm greedy. I always want more rain. My home is in trouble and that is the only thing that will help. The big huge oaks; their leaves are getting brown spotted and curling. The row of tall pines I left in the lane to the upper pastures. They have some kind of white fungus. I wonder how many I will lose from lack of rain. My weather ankle is talking to me. Hurts terribly. Maybe it means more rain.
I only had time to ride the lazy slug Zee. It was already quite warm when I saddled him up. He is finally accepting the fact that he can't sleep thru our rides. Gee; it only took 6 years. He knows when we have a good ride. He will arch his neck and turn his head politely to me. Asking for a nice ear scratch and a rub up and down his neck.
As I was walking down the lane to the house it got suddenly quiet. Not a sound. I looked up and saw two hawks floating around in the sky. Looking for food. They drifted over the neighbors house out of sight. A smaller bird took off in flight trying to get back to it's nest. As I walked under the oaks the birds were quietly talking about the hawks. Even the hummers were out of sight. How would I ever live in a town after living out here?