Wonderful Rain!!

When I got out of my car at the Moneta Library for today's Lake Writers meeting just before 10 am, the rain was starting up. Hooray! It was definitely coming down. Predictions were we'd get about one to two hours of steady rain...well, at noon, lunch at Red, Wine & Blues, then getting my hair cut at Eric's at Westlake, then filling up the gas tank at Kroger's AND a bit of shopping there, of course...all accompanied by rain, rain, rain.

No, I am NOT complaining! I felt like a new little bird, opening her beak to the skies like Mama Bird, feeling the rain on my face.

My few plants out on the deck responded immediately...the hanging fuchscia sent out blooms right away, the orange and yellow Million Bells, which has suffered terribly through this drought, soaked up the rain ...(listen, hear those tiny bells?).

We'll have a few sunny-but-not-hot days, then it looks as if we'll have some more rain. Thank you, thank you!

RAIN! We got a gully-washer last night

Woke up around midnight to a downpour that went on for about two hours. Hubby ran around closing the sunroom windows (we'd long ceased closing them up for 50%, 60% chance of rain that never did show up). Then, of course, the rain began washing out our Not State Maintained gravel road, Grahams Drive, leaving ruts and gaps...

Just now, Dick took his ATV down the gravel road he just put in on our land, that goes to our meadow and then to the Blackwater River. He was NOT a happy camper upon his return, as those two hours of rain managed to un-do a lot of his hard work.

I think I'll fix one of his fave meals tonight, called a goulash by my family, and American Chop Suey by the folks in northern Maine where he was raised. Basically, I take a large nonstick deep frypan, saute' some chopped Vidalia (sweet) onion, add a pound of very lean ground beef, then a large jar of Prego chunky tomato sauce. Meanwhile, I've been boiling up some penne' or macaroni or whatever I have (gluten-free) and I drain that & dump it in. Oh, sometimes I add fresh mushrooms. Hubby doesn't care for them, so tonight I'll leave them out.

After the flavors meld together, oh, maybe 20 minutes, I sprinkle some grated mozzarella cheese and put a top on the pan so it can melt and get all gooey. I make a lot for the two of us, 'cause this is a dish that nukes up nicely.

A nice glass of red wine, a Romaine salad, and he should mellow right out...