We need rain--




Well, 29 degrees last night, and likely to dip another couple of degrees-- the sun's just coming up. Still no rain. Lovely, warm fall days, cool nights, but no rain. It's going to take a lot of steady rain to even get folks back up and running-- I'm glad we have town water, but that's not even guaranteed, because water's gotta come from somewhere, and our somewheres are dry. You can walk up the middle of the river bed. You can walk to the small island in the middle of Moore Dam. 

Pray for rain, please. We started the summer with too much, and we have had maybe three days when rain happened in the last two+ months. 

Yesterday, a friend came to relieve me of more tomatoes. I picked the last of the beans, the small yellow squashes, and a few more tomatoes. I picked one butternut squash-- there are two or three out there still, covered up against the frost, but they are all small. Not enough water to make them swell up. I have no idea how we ended up with so many tomatoes, but I think the soaker hose helped. I think a soaker hose is the way to go, anyhow-- no overspray, just keeping the roots wet. Now that it's getting consistently colder, we really have to start putting away things like the hoses. I'll leave the deck furniture out for a bit longer-- we have some nice, warm afternoons coming, I think. I should make a concerted effort to go outside and enjoy the warmth while we have it. 

But if it rains, I'll be good with that, too. The forecast says showers on Tuesday and Wednesday, so I am hopeful. It won't be enough, but it'll be a start, a benediction of sorts. 

In the meantime, I have a bag of apples (and there are a few more to pick) to figure out, either today or in the next few days, before fruit flies invade. Which reminds me, I need containers for the apple sauce. I have no idea what becomes of the ones from last year-- used for other things, I suppose. It looks like a quick visit to the dollar store is in my plan.

I hope you have a good day. Be safe, hug your loved ones, and hope for rain.

C

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