Since I missed doing a Thursday 13, I thought I’d do a March wrap-up for the random things since my last Thursday 13.
A cat picture is always a good place to start, so enjoy
this one of Charlie in a basket. He
doesn’t exactly fit in the basket, but he still enjoyed hanging out in it.
We were close enough to some of the NC wildfires to get a lot of smoke and falling ash from them. I’m not sure how well you can tell in the pictures, but the haze is from the fires.
We had rain yesterday and
today, which has helped with the fires.
Even though we desperately needed the rain, it’s still making me
nervous.
Last week made six months since we were hit by Hurricane
Helene. The recovery process is
ongoing. Storm damage was a contributing factor to the fires.
Our wonderful neighbors have been helping us dig a dry well
for drainage. It didn’t occur to me to
take a picture while anyone was in the hole.
Hopefully, you can tell from these pictures how deep it is. I just dangled my legs in for the pictures
because I didn’t want to have to climb out of it again just for pictures.
We had four tons of gravel delivered last week for the drainage project.
I started some seeds (only for cold-tolerant plants since
we’re not past our last frost date yet) last week. Hopefully, I’ll be sharing seedling progress
soon.
I’ve decided (at the last minute!) to participate in the
Blogging from A to Z April Challenge.
You can read more about it here, but the basic idea is to blog every day
(except Sundays) in April, starting with A on the 1st and ending
with Z on the 30th. Some
people do themes. I’m not doing a
specific theme; I'm just trying to blog more regularly and hopefully catch up
on some of the things I’ve meant to blog about.
So, how was the rest of March for you? Are you planning to participate in the
That is one deeep hole!!!!!
ReplyDeleteJamie (jannghi.blogspot.com):
ReplyDeleteI see you signed up for the A to Z Blogging Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your posts. I'm doing Novelty Songs as my A to Z theme.
Hope the drainage works like you want. We put in a French drain about five years ago. It helped with the drainage issues we had at the back of the house.
ReplyDeletePTSD for natural disasters like flooding is real. As we had basement flooding at our last house over and over, I still to this day get freaked out by heavy rain, even though this house has never had an issue. That drainage project looks like a LOT of work. Charlie is adorable in the basket!
ReplyDeleteAs someone who lives in an area that gets the haze from wildfires, yes, I can see the fire influence. The air just tastes wrong, doesn't it? And things feel off. Glad the rain helped, and I bet you'll have some residual worry after the hurricane for a while.
ReplyDeleteHi Charlie! That basket looks pretty comfy. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're doing all that drainage work after all that you went through from the hurricane.
I'm originally from Los Angeles, and I remember what haze, smoke and ash from wildfires is like. Please stay safe and inside as much as you can.