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Tag Archives: rain
Six Word Saturday
Six Word Saturday Light Drizzle. Great Day For Reading. It’s a strange day for San Antonio. A cool front is blowing through and with it, a very light rain. It put a little damper on yesterday’s Battle of Flowers parade, … Continue reading
Six Word Saturday
Six Word Saturday Rain, Rain, Rain–Read, Read, Read! It has been a drizzly, rainy, day today. Not a good day to be outside. I was thinking of taking the car for an oil change but didn’t feel like going out … Continue reading
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Tagged books, postaday 2013, rain, reading, six word saturday
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Daily Prompt–Free Association: Messy, Plants, Welcome
Write down the first words that come to mind when we say… …home. …soil. …rain. Use those words in the title of your post. The first word I think of when I saw the word “home” was “messy” because my … Continue reading
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Tagged amaryllis, aquifer, bamboo, Daily Prompt, free association, home, messy, plants, postaday 2013, rain, soil, water, water police, welcome
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Rain
How do you feel about rain? Since I live on the edge of a desert, I have very strong feelings about rain. We need rain. Badly. Last year was the worst drought we have had in nearly one hundred years. … Continue reading
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Tagged aquifer, drought, postaday 2012, rain, thunderstorms, wildflowers
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Six Word Saturday
Six Word Saturday A nice, long, soaking rain today. After months of drought, we have had three days of long soaking rain. Some thunderstorms and flooding since we have no drainage system (since we rarely get rain) but the weatherman … Continue reading
Weekly Photo Challenge–Waiting
Waiting Ernie is waiting. He is usually waiting for something. Today he is waiting for the rain to stop so he can go out and be happier when he goes for his walk. Ernie hates the rain. He’s also waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged dogs, dogs getting into trouble, photo challenge, postaweek2011, rain, waiting
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At the Beach
Just thought I’d take a few minutes out of my early morning before I make my way to the beach to tell you all about my holiday. I arrived on Sunday after dropping the dogs at the puppy resort. It … Continue reading
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Tagged at the beach, dogs, henna tattoo, horseback riding, postaday2011, rain, walking
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Holiday–FInally
Talk about one important thing that happened between last Friday and today. One important thing that happened between last Friday and today was that I FINALLY went on holiday. It was not easy, though. Usually I pack everything early and … Continue reading
A Good Weekend
I finally had a good weekend. Amazing. My daughter and I went to brunch at La Madelaine. She loves their onion soup and I had a scrambled egg in a crepe with mushroom sauce. Then we went to the movies. … Continue reading
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Rain
After 100+ days without rain and in the midst of a terrible drought, today we are finally experiencing our first rain in months. Of course, everyone has forgotten how to drive in the rain so there are accidents everywhere but … Continue reading