Saturday, June 11

[gottawonder]

Today I am grateful for:

Another summery day.

Not needing to go anywhere in particular, and no big push on anything.

I did go look at a tiny old house that someone is selling to move, because it might work for a pottery studio. It is pretty sweet, but I am not sure we are ready for it. Oh well, it's okay to look.

I went for a walk at a little park, the one that has a little farm house and yard in it still. I love that, it makes you feel like you are going to visit friends...in 1940.

Then I came home and had a nap.

I let everyone out into their pastures for a while, while I...wait for it...pulled more grass in the garden.

I used up pretty well all of the water we had in the two big tanks to water the garden over the last couple of weeks. They collect rain water from the garage and the house.

We could really use a good rain. We haven't had any real rain, the last appreciable amount of precipitation was snow.

I finished reading "Crazy Rich Asians", and enjoyed it. It is really interesting because it is about the culture of the very wealthy. It really is astonishing what life is like for people with that much money.

I learned that the Lion costume in the Wizard of Oz was actually made out of a real lion. That's upsetting.

Comments

[cf2princessawnw]

That 1940s house made me smile how you wrote about it. :)

Didn't they make that into a movie? I've never read or seen either, but I thought a friend told me about it.

[gottawonder]

I don't know if it was in a movie. The whole park is about a quarter section of land that used to be a little farm. It was donated to be used as a park/campground. The little farm house and some sheds were left intact, and maintained well enough that it feels like you are walking into a neighbor's yard. It is a unique feeling.

[cf2princessawnw]

Sorry, meant Crazy Rich Asians - I thought a friend said they made it insto a movie.

[gottawonder]

Yes, it is a movie now too.

[cf2princessawnw]

Cheer

[ratunderpaper]

Maybe you can make an offer on the little house, make it into a studio, and invite other potters to rent time occasionally.

[gottawonder]

Well, it would be a lot to take on right now. We would have to get a building permit, make a concrete foundation, hire a mover, and on and on. I am not sure that RIGHT NOW is the right time, but it certainly is the kind of building we were thinking about.

Once we got one, I would only consider having others come over if they were very conscientious friends.

If nothing else, it is something to look at.

[lantairvlea]

The movie they made from the book was pretty good, some day I'll get around to the book.

We had our first rain in almost six months yesterday, what a nice change of pace!

[gottawonder]

That is a very long time not to have rain.

Last summer was very dry here, and we only got hay because we had a wet spring, but it wasn't a lot of hay.

I was getting worried that we wouldn't have enough moisture for hay again this year. This rain gives us a better shot at a good first cut.

I don't farm hay, but you know what I mean by "we". The collective.

[lantairvlea]

The hazards of living in the desert. Rain is sparse and tends to come all at once to make up for it.

Hopefully you get enough rain for a good hay crop. They just pump all the water out of the ground here and irrigate. And when I say all the water I mean it. The water table here is scary-low and there's places in my area where sinkholes and fissures open up because of it.

[gottawonder]

That sounds a lot like when I lived in Wyoming. They used to have to bring hay in from distances, and those were often heavily irrigated fields.

There is a lot of hay here in good years, but also a lot of animals. There are a lot of people with cattle and horses and sheep etc, and we have to have a lot of hay to keep things going.

It isn't a desert here, but when we do have a dry year, it's very hard on everyone because we are USED to having a lot of rain.