It is such a delight to be blogging about rain after so many blogs about drought. I know this spell hasn't ended the drought but every little bit helps to raise the levels in our reservoirs and restore our groundwater.
4 AM. I'm awoken again, the second time this week, by a fairly close Hoo-hoo hoo-hoo Hooo Hooo. It's our night time visitor calling from the towering eucalyptus trees that are just on the other side of our backyard fence. I wonder if he or she is looking for a mate.
I seldom buy calendars because I receive so many free ones sent to me by various organizations. The one exception is the past few years I've been purchasing the annual Gardening Guide and Calendar issued by the UC Master Gardeners of Sacramento County.
When I moved into my new house, one year ago this February, I had no idea that we had a crape myrtle on the property! When I first moved to Suisun, I discovered that the larger streets are lined with this flowering tree.
Every year around this time I find myself exclaiming "It's getting dark out and it's not even 5 o'clock! I get up when it's dark, get home from work when it's dark, and it's too late to get into the garden! The shortening seems to happen so quickly.
