Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Rain

Last night it began thundering loudly and woke me up at around 1:30 AM. I got up and after unplugging all the electronics, went outside to watch the lightning show. It rained nicely and really cooled things off. Felt really good. After watching for awhile I went back to bed, Roy never stirred throughout the whole noisy storm.
This afternoon there are more clouds and they are forecasting thunderstorms again. Most of the time when they are forecast we get nothing; but who knows.
I thought this flat top cloud was kind of interesting.

Below is the newest animal being fed here. He/she has been coming up and sleeping in the shade for awhile now. It also drinks from the water basin that we have out for the birds and animals to use. Today I broke down and gave him some food. He didn't eat much and he is very skinny, so I am not sure if he is sick or just not hungry at the moment. I guess we will see. It reminds me of a cat my older brother used to have years ago. It was a motley colored thing also and he named it affectionately, "Barf". The cat didn't seem to care. Anyway we will see if he continues to stick around or not.


4 comments:

Steve Cotton said...

Good for you. Kindness is its own reward.

Anonymous said...

he's so cute. i hope you will keep putting out food for him. i love cats!

teresa

norm said...

The cloud's flat top is caused by high upper level winds, notice how it is pulling one way. A good rule of thumb with thunderhead clouds is to check out what the top of the cloud is doing for a clue to how much damage it might inflect. If it's shooting up and getting blown down wind, you can bet on high winds with maybe some hail when it goes over the hood.

Mike Nickell and Cynthia Johnson said...

Ah - I remember well the rain in Guaymas a year ago. Remember how they closed the school for a week? I'm in touch with the new St. Mary's Preschool English teacher and she's arriving in Guaymas today. I hope to hear how my little kids are doing (and if they're still doing the Hokey Pokey!)