One thing about living down by the gulf is that occasionally a hurricane meanders inland to gift us with some rain. Rarely they keep spinning up into OK and dump a bunch of rain there, too; it's happened twice since '07. Finally, after a very slow start to this year's hurricane season, there's one heading our way.
After hurricanes have been on land for awhile, their west and southwest sides dry up, so we have to hope that it passes south of us (but not too far south) on its way further in, in order for us to get any rain. Tropical Storm Don might arrive early Saturday morning.
http://classic.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201104_5day.html#a_topad
Even a Cat 5 will weaken enough by the time it gets here that the wind won't be anything unusual (to me, having grown up on the plains), so aside from avoiding driving into water if it floods, there's no danger.
Jul 27, 2011
Jul 13, 2011
Conventions
A-Kon was a huge success, my best event ever. I was so busy that the 12-hour days at the tables just flew right by. It's good that I have that extra; Anime Overload was horrible, I think because they almost doubled the number of artist tables from last year to this year; likewise with the dealer's tables, and the number of people coming in the door did not increase proportionately. Friends tell me that the next con is supposed to be very good ("It is the land of milk and honey, and money"), and though it's not nearly as big as A-Kon, I'm looking forward to it.
The drought continues; it has rained once since my previous post. Apparently 125 square feet of garden doesn't use that much water; the water bill has been almost flat the entire time I've lived here. I keep waiting for some carrots I left to bolt, so I don't have to buy seed every year, but they just keep happily growing leaves. The grape tomato plants are not keeping a lot of their fruit to maturity, and the pepper plants won't bloom at all now. Maybe time for some shade cloth on the cold-frame.
I have gotten back on my motorcycle after two whole weeks of absence. One of those was spent in Oklahoma, the other was the con and prep / cleanup. I really wish I would've gotten to see more of you all while I was up there, but I thought I was going to get a significant chunk of income from the con, so I felt I had to do that rather than stay longer.
The drought continues; it has rained once since my previous post. Apparently 125 square feet of garden doesn't use that much water; the water bill has been almost flat the entire time I've lived here. I keep waiting for some carrots I left to bolt, so I don't have to buy seed every year, but they just keep happily growing leaves. The grape tomato plants are not keeping a lot of their fruit to maturity, and the pepper plants won't bloom at all now. Maybe time for some shade cloth on the cold-frame.
I have gotten back on my motorcycle after two whole weeks of absence. One of those was spent in Oklahoma, the other was the con and prep / cleanup. I really wish I would've gotten to see more of you all while I was up there, but I thought I was going to get a significant chunk of income from the con, so I felt I had to do that rather than stay longer.
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