On Thursday it rained all day and most of the previous evening too. I'd emptied my high-tech rain gauge out before I went to bed on Wednesday night so the measurement would be a reasonably true reading for the twenty-four hour period. The rain wasn't the biblical type of rain we have enjoyed it was just steady rain pouring down all day and into the early evening.
The result was that over an inch and a quarter fell on ground that was already waterlogged but draining away, so up came the water levels and the dykes gathered around two feet of water in no time. Needless to say the farmers are quite grumpy about the standing water on their crops and as an added bonus the temperature is staying stubbornly just above freezing during the day and freezing at night. What a pleasure.
The two terriers got absolutely filthy as well as soaked on the morning walk and from mainly white to brown, the only contented creatures that I saw were the ladybirds hibernating behind the rain gauge on Friday morning when I tipped the water out and knocked a little of the ice out of the way to replace the funnel. I've no doubt that those little insects will be pleased to see some sunshine when hints of spring finally begin to arrive, mind you I think all of us will be happy to see some spring weather.
A few ladybirds about here in nooks and crannies
ReplyDeleteDamned cold out there right now with snow coming. Tomorrow should be interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy goodness John...the old saying "when it rains it pours" certainly applies here. Rain is better then snow and a lot easier on the back.
ReplyDeleteTwo days without rainbow, it must be a record! Snow is fine when it's snowing but the clearing and slush, no thanks. John
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DeleteWe got two feet of snow here in Souhern Finland last. It has been around -20 to -15 ever since. So everything dry and beatful. Today only -5 . Up the Boro!
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