Big Rain

Finally had a gully washer, almost 4" here, other close-by areas had 6" - it tried to wash out the new culvert. Started fixing it but will need some gravel. Lake Winedale is all of a sudden about half full and many dry tanks are full or almost full.

 

then started working on dead tree, Bro is way up there... Will cut it down next week if weather is good.

Dandelions are blooming, white seed head reminds me of someone I know... Also narcissus and other very small flowers (< 1/4") - one is called houstonia, but thought it was blue, maybe related to white flower here, looks very similar. Learned how to work the digital macro on my little camera so got these closeups.

Warm Winter So Far

We have had a little rain off and on and a few 70˚ days so far this winter. The narcissus have been trying to bloom for the last month but now they are starting for real. And very nice to see green grass growing after such a dry summer. Lake Winedale is slowly catching a little water. But it can still become very cold yet - until the beginning of March.