2011 Rain barrel update

I think these videos are from April .... but with the busy April/May I had .... blogging just went away.

SO, I know rain has been elusive around here (I'm actually irrigating our garden from the tap!), but thought I'd share. This year it took less than 15 minutes to set the barrels up and they were rolling!

Rain barrel update (again)

Ok, so the barrels. Gotta love 'em. Here's a video. The first clip is from before I figured out the overflow. There is a brief sunny dividing image, then it will show the ones with a completed overflow. I haven't 100% got the overflows complete. I have the east barrels done, but not the west. I'll be ready for Spring 2011!

Enjoy:

Royals game

A little rain cloud seems to be following us around. We've been to 2 baseball games this summer and they have BOTH had rain delay. Sheesh!

Mid-May, we went to KC to catch a Royals game with the entire fam/extended fam. We were jazzed .... until we arrived and it was rainy and cold.


Erik was dressed more warmly than I. Smart cookie. I had to bum stuff off anyone who felt sorry for me!


The last time I saw a flag this big was when I was photographing the 9/11 anniversary in 2002. It was at Yankee stadium, so it was cool to see this. Even if it was freezing.


A little closer.

Garden gone wild....

Oh MY. Our garden is getting outta control.

After a particularly quick + fast rain, our garden EXPLODED!






While Erik was out front doing this ...


It looked like this in the backyard.



A few mornings later, our garden was thriving!


And after a closer look ...


What do you think Erik found?






Like this photo.


Yeah, it was a FOOT long zucchini.