Rainy Saturday (audio)

Recorded on Saturday and posting here in time for the Sunday email distribution

Enjoy!

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shiny new tennis courts in the rain at Franklin High School

tree rain

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rhododendron in the rain

There is a rainy start to the weekend here in Franklin. Not much of matter to me, I have plenty to do inside and I am glad that at least the lawn got cut on Thursday when it was dry.

rhododendron blooming

plan your work and pleasure in and around the weather this weekend and you'll get a lot accomplished!


BTW - if you are looking for some additional reading, my quiet poet entries have been busy as I have discovered some drafts sitting unpublished and managed to get caught up on those. You can find the sherku at http://www.quietpoet.com/

heavy water

In some circles, heavy water is a technical term. For purposes here, the weight of water is what is noticeable. After rain, the grass is drawn down.

After the sun is out for a bit, the water evaporates and the grass rises!

job search notes: sprinkling

Word around is that the hiring is picking up particularly for IT professionals.

I'd phrase it as "sprinkling", not a shower, not raining, not a downpour by any means, just sprinkles here and there.

What do you see?

Maybe if it sprinkles enough, and the sun happens to pop out, there will be a rainbow!


Recent article in ComputerWorld

And the rain comes down

here in Franklin this Saturday!

And the rain comes down here in Franklin this Saturday!, originally uploaded by shersteve.

On other days, it has been observed going sideways.

Just hard and down today.

How much rain?

How much rain? Barrells full!, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Lots of rain over night and this morning.

The barrel is full!

Rain barrel

Rain barrel in place and full just with rain overnight to this AM., originally uploaded by shersteve.

I put my new rain barrel in place yesterday just in time to catch the rain overnight.

I wasn't sure how long it would take to fill but with just what we had overnight to this AM it is almost full already.

Make your rain barrel for less than $30

Yesterday, I picked up the rain barrel I ordered after seeing the display at Franklin's Earth Day.

I need a couple of items to help install it properly. I find in Google Alerts today, instructions on how to make your own rain barrel for less than $30.

Pretty cool!

Here are the instructions from Mike Barth, the Assistant Principal at Norton High School.

low clouds this morning

low clouds this morning, originally uploaded by shersteve.

couldn't see much out the back windows this morning

the rain was so heavy it brought the clouds down with it

Dogwood bloom, the weight of water

Dogwood bloom, the weight of water, originally uploaded by shersteve.

Following the inspiration of Amy Palko's posting, I took a few minutes between activities to take a breather. The ground was too wet to sit on. No time to grab a chair or blanket. Time enough to grab the camera.

The backyard is fully green now with blooming June glory. The trees have filled in shutting off the views into the neighbors yards and in to the new development encroaching into our previously empty back space.

The dogwood caught my eye weighed down with the rain. A gentle but persistent rain today. It will be heavier they say before it ends. For now, a gentle mist even as I come out into the yard. My shoes getting wet. They will need to get wiped before returning into the house or I will hear of it.

The dogwood weighed down with water. Water droplets so small. So clear. How can they weigh so much to bend the tree and branches down?

Water the fluid of life. The fluid of cleansing, of renewal, of baptism.


Note: the sherku that resulted from this can be found here