Monday, May 23, 2011

Waiting Out

The Storms!
Another weekend filled with rain, rain and more rain.
A pretty good thunderstorm rolled through our valley yesterday.
One lightning strike hit pretty close to the house!

This little dove perched on the chair on the patio and waited out the storm.
 I snapped the photos through the window.
 As the rain fell harder the dove puffed herself up to stay protected.
Another rainbow appeared as the storm passed.

Despite the rain, we did manage to scratch a few things off the "to do" list:

Cleaned the last two chicken houses.
Cleared off and cleaned up the patio area. It is now ready for summer...if summer ever decides to show up!
Did the usual house cleaning and laundry.
Caught up on a few favorite shows in the DVR.
Baked some gluten free bread which turned out very well.
Made homemade chili, cornbread and bbq chicken.
Finished a book I was reading.
Enjoyed a bit of wine!

The weekends go by much to fast!

2 comments:

Gigi Ann said...

We had tornado warnings in our little town yesterday, late afternoon, the sirens went off for about 5 minutes, thankfully we just got rain. Nothing like in Joplin, MO.

It sounds like you were a busy lady over the week-end, but doesn't it always feel so good when all the work is finished, and you can set down, put up you feet, read and watch a little TV?

mCat said...

I've been crying about the weather here, so much rain, but then I look at what is happening in the midwest and feel guilty.

I would have been tempted to bring that cute little bird inside.