Woooooo! Rain! Now We're Chillin'..

WOOOOOOOO! A storm actually hit here yesterday as the two(three??) week High finally moved on and change arrived. 0.7" yesterday with a late afternoon cloudburst and another 0.45" overnight; 69 at midnight and down to 55 now, we are officially chillin'. No rain right now but looks like we could get a bit more, myself and all the other inhabitants of my forest have breathed a big sigh of relief; the crunch is gone, lush green is back.

One piece of slate outside my front door has a little depression; it's the last spot there is water after the rest of the slate is dry. Guess who was sitting in that mini-puddle last night? The old bug muncher himself..

He came out of his moss home, nestled under, in a pot with one of my small boxwoods for a little post rain soaking. Smart frog!!

Quakes: not much going on, offshore Japan and Indonesia are the only ones above 5. Still some shaking going on in the California Sierras (where they need the rain waaaaaay more than we do). No quakes in Alaska?? Whoa!!

Big ripple on and blast off of the sun yesterday; but not headed toward Earth. Moon wanes on, low in the summer sky and not up until late. Been too busy with party prep to go check on Venus and Mercury. Last night was there closest encounter in this Mercurial year; clouds & rain here. And, Venus is waaaaaaay brighter than the littlest planet. Venus will be the Evening star for the rest of the year, Mercury will be gone soon but back for another dance with Venus in less than 3 months.

Site I look at for TrumpVirus deaths has not been updated for 2 days now, downward trends continue with vaccination numbers still rising, albeit slowly with still lots of conspiracy/religious/TDS dumbasses making their excuses and denials. Many states now fully open, mask free, leaving it up to individual businesses(and the un vaxed to mask up...yea, right); I see a surge coming but only among the unvaccinated; natural selection at work.

Whoa...just saw a Summer Tanager get a beak full of suet, what a gorgeous bird..my camera's battery is not charged..figures. Downy and Red Bellied woodpeckers now trading places on the same suet; need a little fat today, it's cool..and damp..finally, Today On Earth!!