While I enjoyed the trip, it's good to be home again.
I had checked everything before leaving but was still very happy to see the dogs did not escape into the garden and destroy anything. They were happy to see me. I gave them some treats. They may not understand why but I was so happy they had not destroyed everything in my absence it didn't matter.
It definitely did rain while I was gone and there's lots of grass growing everywhere. Have to drag out the trimmer this week.
The house smelled musty when I got home. Then I walked outside again and realized it's not just the house. The entire area smells. The city is working (yet again) on the sewage lines in this area and the whole area smells slightly like an open sewer. Welcome back to Albuquerque. Hard adjusting to the odor of this place again after being somewhere that has lots of rain, lots of grass and trees and flowers..
Managed to get the inside of the house smelling decent again, in spite of the outdoor aroma.
Woke up early to return the rental car. Turns out a little too early. Thought the rental place opens at 7, turns out it's 7:30. Going to be a long day.
There are high chances of rain all week this week. No complaints from me!! I'm sure the locals are dying from the humidity once again. They don't know how to handle being not mummified.
What I don't get is how they can keep claiming that the area is behind on average rainfall every single year. When an area is "behind on average rainfall" every year, it is not a drought, it is the average rainfall for that area! Somebody is fudging numbers. Probably thinking that will make them eligible for more federal money. However, the feds take a look at hard data, not sensationalistic claims. It would take mere minutes to run an average of rainfall for an area and determine that what is experienced is not drought but mismanagement. Once again, New Mexico suffers from New Mexico and tries to lay itself out as a victim. In this one, in a multi-year effort.
Sunflowers have gotten much taller and my "rainforest" corner looks like a rainforest again. Damn tomatoes are going to disappoint me this year.
Actually rained so much that the strawberry plants which I had been battling to keep hydrated drowned while I was gone. Go figure.
Still hoping for lots of cucumbers, pumpkins and melons, though. The apple tree looks good. Bush green beans are coming up nicely.
I had checked everything before leaving but was still very happy to see the dogs did not escape into the garden and destroy anything. They were happy to see me. I gave them some treats. They may not understand why but I was so happy they had not destroyed everything in my absence it didn't matter.
It definitely did rain while I was gone and there's lots of grass growing everywhere. Have to drag out the trimmer this week.
The house smelled musty when I got home. Then I walked outside again and realized it's not just the house. The entire area smells. The city is working (yet again) on the sewage lines in this area and the whole area smells slightly like an open sewer. Welcome back to Albuquerque. Hard adjusting to the odor of this place again after being somewhere that has lots of rain, lots of grass and trees and flowers..
Managed to get the inside of the house smelling decent again, in spite of the outdoor aroma.
Woke up early to return the rental car. Turns out a little too early. Thought the rental place opens at 7, turns out it's 7:30. Going to be a long day.
There are high chances of rain all week this week. No complaints from me!! I'm sure the locals are dying from the humidity once again. They don't know how to handle being not mummified.
What I don't get is how they can keep claiming that the area is behind on average rainfall every single year. When an area is "behind on average rainfall" every year, it is not a drought, it is the average rainfall for that area! Somebody is fudging numbers. Probably thinking that will make them eligible for more federal money. However, the feds take a look at hard data, not sensationalistic claims. It would take mere minutes to run an average of rainfall for an area and determine that what is experienced is not drought but mismanagement. Once again, New Mexico suffers from New Mexico and tries to lay itself out as a victim. In this one, in a multi-year effort.
Sunflowers have gotten much taller and my "rainforest" corner looks like a rainforest again. Damn tomatoes are going to disappoint me this year.
Actually rained so much that the strawberry plants which I had been battling to keep hydrated drowned while I was gone. Go figure.
Still hoping for lots of cucumbers, pumpkins and melons, though. The apple tree looks good. Bush green beans are coming up nicely.
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