We're rolling up onto Christmas and still no snow. Here in the high desert, if there's no snow pack to melt slowly during the summer, our creek goes dry in late June or early July, which means that the trees get very little water through the heat of July, August and September. That tends to be rough on them. I do water them from the house well, but I can't give them nearly the water they get from the pump in the creek.
Losing the creek also means I have to water the stock out of the house well--which means I have to remember to turn off the water running into the stock tanks, which sometimes doesn't happen. I really hate sitting up in bed in the middle of the night because it suddenly hits me that I didn't turn the water off.
I'm still hopeful that we might get snow. We had a couple smallish storms in December last year, followed by the driest January on record. January was followed in turn by recording breaking (or close) snows in February and March. Last summer was the third time in 18 years that the creek ran all summer long. The trees were so happy.
So here's hoping for a white Christmas, which doesn't seem to be in the cards, or at the very least a white Valentine's Day.
Hey Jeannie, we had a light dusting this morning, but nothing that would fill a creek. Fingers crossed that you get all the snow you need to make life easier!
ReplyDeleteJeannie We have been having a bit of snow. I hope you get all that you need. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and all the best in 2012.
ReplyDeleteWe had some snow :), most of it melted away pretty quickly though there are patches here and there!
ReplyDeleteI hope you had a nice Christmas and a good new year. I live in India where the water only comes on at certain times of the day and we have to be very careful about it's storage and use. I just came across your blog through your post at the PHS. I must confess I haven't come across superromances before and they're not available in India. Only certain lines are. But they look very interesting.
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