As some of you are probably aware unless you live in the artic circle or on a deserted tropical island after a 3 hour tour, Texas weather has been after it this summer with a vengeance. We had over a month of 100+ degree heat. There hasn't been a drop of rain since May, and about the only green in site is a dollar bill being blown by on the wind.
For example, I offer pictures of the two stock tanks (ponds) on my mother's property taken on August 3RD as the "before" exhibit.
So, that was just over two weeks ago. Then, the heavens opened up and poured forth a deluge that set records for rainfall. Since midnight, we've gotten 8.4 inches of rain 6.1 of which fell between midnight and 8:00AM.
The small pond around lunch time before the rains stopped.
An unfortunate casualty of all that rain was a 45 foot tall post oak near mom's house.
I will be spending quite a bit of time with a chainsaw and safety gear over the next couple of weeks. Anyone need some firewood?
My brother, can you truck it up here to Roseburg, OR in your shiny new Ford? Weird things have been happening all over the place. Does your mom have prairie windmill water pumps to keep the ponds filled? Does she have livestock on the property?
ReplyDeleteCederq, Oregon is a potential destination but probably not in the very near future. Other priorities must be addressed first. Weird things do seem to follow us for some reason. I blame the politicians regardless of party. They deserve the Special Hell. Mom does not have any windmills on the property unfortunately. My understanding is that the water table depth is pretty deep around here to get to decent water (roughly 1500'). We used to lease the land for cattle many moons ago to our neighbor under a gentleman's agreement. He is retired now and very elderly. So, no more cows. We are doing wildlife management for the ag exemption. We have several deer, at least one bobcat, wild turkey, foxes, armadillos and a host of other critters that call the property home. Feral hogs are reported to be in the area, but I've never seen one on property beyond a single set of tracks. Oh, and we seem to be a copperhead breeding area. I've killed two of the stupid things so far this summer alone.
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