{"id":439,"date":"2009-09-24T10:54:15","date_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2009-09-24T10:54:15","modified_gmt":"2009-09-24T16:54:15","slug":"a-stitch-not-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=439","title":{"rendered":"A stitch not in time&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We waited a bit too long to get the new big water tanks&#8230;two 2500 gallon jobs were delivered yesterday, in the rain:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-440\" title=\"big-tanks216\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/big-tanks216.jpg\" alt=\"big-tanks216\" width=\"310\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/big-tanks216.jpg 310w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/big-tanks216-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The view from the door&#8230;they just don&#8217;t hold much water when lying on their sides.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And they block our view of the driveway&#8230;not to mention the driveway itself.\u00a0 This week so far, starting Monday, we picked up another 1.3 inches.\u00a0 Nice, slow, soaking rain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The view from the end of the front porch, past the end of the carport and out to the south horse lot:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-441\" title=\"9-23-09_rain-view-horselots217\" src=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/9-23-09_rain-view-horselots217.jpg\" alt=\"9-23-09_rain-view-horselots217\" width=\"243\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/9-23-09_rain-view-horselots217.jpg 243w, http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/9-23-09_rain-view-horselots217-235x300.jpg 235w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This led my husband to inquire &#8220;When did we move to Ireland?&#8221;\u00a0 Compare to the September 11 picture, just when the rain started, showing a lot less green past the barn pen. \u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=413\">http:\/\/www.80acresonline.org\/blog\/?p=413<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday&#8217;s afternoon drive to the city for choir practice was difficult&#8211;rain and traffic combined&#8211;but city yards as well as country fields showed the benefits of the earlier and current rain.<\/p>\n<p>Today has been cloudy and cool, with no rain here so far, but rain predicted.\u00a0\u00a0 The real winner for timing is our friend with a ranch halfway across the county, who had<em> just<\/em> finished cleaning out his (long dry) stock tanks when the big rain fell&#8230;and they got 13 inches.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 They&#8217;ve had more since, and he can&#8217;t store more water, but he&#8217;s very happy anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 Less happy, I&#8217;m sure, are the owners of the tractor I saw yesterday marooned on the less-useful side of a creek that&#8217;s now flowing.<\/p>\n<p>Ah, well, the big tanks can go in the next time the ground&#8217;s dry enough to put in the foundations for them, and they&#8217;ll be ready for the following rain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We waited a bit too long to get the new big water tanks&#8230;two 2500 gallon jobs were delivered yesterday, in the rain: The view from the door&#8230;they just don&#8217;t hold much water when lying on their sides.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And they block our view of the driveway&#8230;not to mention the driveway itself.\u00a0 This week so far, starting 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