The rain in Spain...
05 July, 2006 - 21:57
falls mainly on the wrong plain. Or so it is here in the Northeast woods. I am trying to build a fence in Palestine and the rain cometh, oh how it cometh. Yet in Daingerfield where we are trying to grow plants and animals the rain hath dithered for yea on two months. We had a little rain for a few moments yesterday. An 8 inch rain, as our friend Paul said. A drop of rain every 8 inches.
But today here in fence building land we had 2 inches of real rain and lightning. You really shouldn't build a metal wire fence when there is lightning. Not that I'm going to stand in the rain anyway, but lightning gets me in even quicker. You don't want your cows to stand by the fence during a storm. That is a recipe for a premature barbecue. Lightning strikes a tree on the fence or hits the fence direct and its fajita time. Or so I've heard. Of course, there is a greater chance of a cow winning the lottery than...
My friend Richard is volunteering some time this week on my fencing project. I like it when my city friends ask to come do some country work... for free. There really is no better cure for the city than the country, and vice versa. Sometimes you just need to get outside and sweat a little or not even that but just get to where there is less happening or less of what you are used to happening is happening... and sometimes you just want to hear some decent live music and eat at a nice restaurant and do a little people watching. I am not a coffee at the Dairy Queen kind of guy. (For those that don't know, all across rural America men gather in places and drink coffee. Dairy Queen is particularly popular in Texas as there is one in almost every town.) I get my burgers to go and get my culture in the city. Maybe when I grow up I'll find my way into a coffee circle, but I've had the misfortune of being stuck in a few and really just have better things to do right now.
Because of the rain Richard only got to experience a couple hours of "fencin." Hopefully we'll have better weather tomorrow. We are nearly done here and ready to be finished and onto the next thing. While the rain was a hindrance, it was also a blessing as the heat dropped off and we got to imagine we resided in more pleasant climes for a while.
But today here in fence building land we had 2 inches of real rain and lightning. You really shouldn't build a metal wire fence when there is lightning. Not that I'm going to stand in the rain anyway, but lightning gets me in even quicker. You don't want your cows to stand by the fence during a storm. That is a recipe for a premature barbecue. Lightning strikes a tree on the fence or hits the fence direct and its fajita time. Or so I've heard. Of course, there is a greater chance of a cow winning the lottery than...
My friend Richard is volunteering some time this week on my fencing project. I like it when my city friends ask to come do some country work... for free. There really is no better cure for the city than the country, and vice versa. Sometimes you just need to get outside and sweat a little or not even that but just get to where there is less happening or less of what you are used to happening is happening... and sometimes you just want to hear some decent live music and eat at a nice restaurant and do a little people watching. I am not a coffee at the Dairy Queen kind of guy. (For those that don't know, all across rural America men gather in places and drink coffee. Dairy Queen is particularly popular in Texas as there is one in almost every town.) I get my burgers to go and get my culture in the city. Maybe when I grow up I'll find my way into a coffee circle, but I've had the misfortune of being stuck in a few and really just have better things to do right now.
Because of the rain Richard only got to experience a couple hours of "fencin." Hopefully we'll have better weather tomorrow. We are nearly done here and ready to be finished and onto the next thing. While the rain was a hindrance, it was also a blessing as the heat dropped off and we got to imagine we resided in more pleasant climes for a while.