July 20, 2008
Self Portrait Sunday for July 20, 2008
I’ve been trying for several days to do a flea treatment outside and give Lance a bath. Yesterday after I cleaned up his yard I leveled the gravel and sprayed it down with bleach, then rinsed it down after it had had time to do a little sanitizing. Right about that time I began to see the clouds - almost always present on the mountain tops - starting to move down into the valley. Uh-huh. Another day when it wouldnt make much sense to spray the yard, since the rain would wash the stuff away before it had a chance to do its thing. This morning the sun came up … and almost immediately hid its face in gray fluffiness. It’s been raining *all*day*long*. I had to go to the store for a few essentials, but otherwise I’ve been holed up at home.
It was really nasty driving the couple of miles to the store and back. The entrance to my community flooded in the half-hour or so that I was gone. They’ve got the street dug up to run water lines and drainage for the new homeless transition community. There are steel plates covering much of the road and temporary patches over even wider areas. You can imagine the mess on a day like today. Huge potholes full of rusty-looing mud and water. I built up some muscles in my arms navigating the mess. Wonder if I should get myself on some legal steroids until the construction is finished and driving gets a little smoother? Anyway, I made it home safely, snapped a picture in the rain on my way in and now I think … I’ll go take a nap. Isn’t that the best way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon?
Go see whether the sun is shining on my friends today over at Midlife Musings. That’s where all the self portrait takers hang out on Sundays. When they’re not taking naps, I mean.
Shoot! I don’t know why this is messed up. I’ve been fooling with the code for half and hour and still can’t see what’s causing part of the last sentence to hide behind the flooded-street picture. I’ll try again after my nap. Maybe I’ll be seeing more clearly then, hm?
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July 20th, 2008 at 6:46 pm, Flo Says:
Wow, it’s been nice here all weekend. It still amazes me how the weather can be so different at different ends of the island and it’s not that far away.
July 21st, 2008 at 1:46 am, Jennifer Says:
For what it’s worth, I don’t see any disappearing sentences… but maybe you’ve just managed to fix it by now…
I hope you had a good weekend, even if it was a bit waterlogged!
July 21st, 2008 at 3:50 am, Ami-chan Says:
It’s always the way when you want to do something, isn’t it?
I’m planning on trimming the grass today so I’m betting it’s going to rain.
Good to see you. I forgot to upload my SPS this week. Go me.
July 21st, 2008 at 9:31 am, Whim Says:
What a mess! You look good though.
July 28th, 2008 at 10:00 am, Cass Says:
You know, I think that is the second best use of a rainy day, and I said so today on my blog, LOL!