What Comes With The Rain

For the past fourteen days......................

the west Texas sky has looked like this.

Rain.................wonderful, long lasting, good soaking ,

rain.

Thank you, Hurricane Alex.

When we get rain............along comes the great things, like cool breezes, thick green grass, and a slow down on outside work....................and..............

large swarms of gigantic ants. These ants are in the middle of moving their colony................this year ............to our house. They took over the whole yard and the concrete patio was completely covered.................


as well as the outside benches..............with thousands of these winged creatures.

Also, beautiful and unique things spring forth. I have seen many mushrooms on the grounds, most of them are large, round white balls. These soft, buttery, yellow mushrooms came up in a pot that once grew decorative kale.

This has also been a time of harvest. I pulled up the remaining onions and have dried and stored them away.

The cabbage has now formed it wonderful "cabbage heads" and the plants are getting very large. I just love this plant!

The beets have all been harvested and have been passed to a friend who just loves fresh beets. She has reported that they taste wonderful! The seeds to these, as well as the cabbage, all came from Hometown Seeds.

The rain has also given my flowers a much needed boost. Everything along the flower beds and porches looks like this.

The rains are almost gone, although we have just gotten another shower. I watch the storm across the prairie and I feel gratitude to have gotten so much of this needed moisture. How about you? Is your area getting rain, heat, or even weird swarms of creatures? I would love to hear!