In one. Need some. It’s been since November. Seriously. I am starved for it, and indeed, I crave it.
There is nothing better than falling asleep after getting some. There is nothing better than waking up the morning after. Things feel better. I love that feeling of renewal.
I can’t believe how fast time has gone. You wake up one day and there you are; the reality smacking you in the face. Only a few times has there been the tease, and the promise of getting some. And then POOF. No luck.
*sigh*
We are in dire need of rain. 😀 It’s estimated that even if we caught up now for the year (and really, we only getting something like 8 to 10 inches annually), the damage done to crops will be still around $40 million dollars lost and will take the better part of 1/2 a decade to get back to normal.
When you live in the desert and your only source of water is an aquifer deep in the ground and when you’ve had a lot of dry years, you start to worry. Running out of water is a serious concern.
The other side to this is that when things are so dry like this, it doesn’t take much for things to catch on fire. And they do. We have national forests that are closed completely to people; the fire danger so high. It is worrisome living in a giant tinder box.
Another thing that is odd this year is that we have had two bears in town. The latest one went through a local elementary school playground, and into our Tractor Supply parking lot. I was really glad to not be there that day!
You know it’s bad when the bears hike 70 miles out of the mountains to find water. Yep, it’s bad.
Right now I hear rumbling. I see the clouds. While I’m grateful for having had some cloud cover and some kind of humidity, I see the lightning and can’t help but to be concerned. It is not uncommon to have dry storms here. Given that many of our annual fires are caused by lightning strikes, this is particularly worrisome to me this year.
I am ready for some action. I am tired of being teased. Keeping my fingers crossed that the sky will deliver!
Tikk Tok 