Rain, Rain...

Today is the first sunny day after several rainy, cold, and frankly, quite dreary days. As I was climbing into my car this morning, I saw the sun peak through the clouds in the east, and I remembered that it was, in fact, still summer, still August. How quickly we forget. Today, though, was beautiful. The sun shone and the high was in the upper 60s, with minimal wind. I was so inspired by the weather that when I got home from work, I popped out a 5 mile run. Just perfect! 

Our rain total for the weekend was just a hair under two inches. In town (Rudyard), they had another inch over what we had. Our rainfall total amounts to a pretty significant precipitation event these parts, where our annual average rainfall is only something like 10”-12”. In a year that has been significantly under average in terms of precipitation so far, to get two or more inches of rain at a time is a pretty big deal. In the long term, it is a very good thing.

In the short term, however, it’s an inconvenience. We are still hoping to continue harvest someday… 

With the rainfall, the roads out here are pretty muddy, which means the fields will be, too. Not to mention the grain itself will be wet for a few days yet. We are hoping to recommence harvesting the remaining half of our crop later this week, maybe by Thursday or Friday.

Jeff and I are feeling a little under the gun to get harvest in the bin before we leave on our final FUE trip
to Washington D.C. on September 5, but hopefully with a string of nice, warm harvest-weather days over this long Labor Day weekend, we can get a lot done. 

We spent our rainy-day weekend mostly indoors. Saturday we took a trip to Havre and showed Stennie the sights. Yesterday we were here, mainly working on cleaning projects. I did a lot of cleaning in the house and Jeff cleaned our garage. Not terribly exciting, but all things that needed to be done. That's what rainy days are good for.

They are also good for impending winter wheat seeding, which I'm sure I'll write more about later this fall. Moisture in the soil is a great boon for winter wheat! There's a plus-side to everything. :) 

Always Look On the Bright Side of Life!