Too Much Rain!

Less than a month ago, we were classified in severe drought conditions. The month of August has just changed all that. According to the "official" National Weather Service Climate Report, we have received 7.36 inches of rain since August 1st!

(if you look closely at the evergreen in the center of this picture, you can see how hard it's raining)

Here's my rain gauge at 6:00 pm this evening....it has been raining since about 5:30 this morning.

Also here's my outside thermometer this afternoon.

Here's the most popular birdfeeder at my place today. (For those of you who are Wild Birds Unlimited shoppers, this fly-through feeder is made by Holscher and designed to fit their pole system. It's all metal and one of the best birdfeeder investments I've ever made.)The tray part is adjustable, so I moved it up more under the shelter of the roof and the little birdies can eat and get out of the rain for a little bit. They have also been sitting on the branch perches underneath it in an effort to get out of the heavy rain for a few minutes.

I put the rain guard over the hummingbird feeder yesterday when I filled it. There's not too much wind, so the feeder and hummers get a little bit of protection from the downpour.

Look at this poor little bedraggled goldfinch. I wanted to take the feeders down today so I wouldn't have to spend hours trying to clean out all the wet seed, but there's been so much activity with birds eating all day to try and keep their energy up in this cool and wet weather, that I'm glad I left those feeders hanging out. I guess I can deal with a little inconvenience....helping the birds is why I have those feeders out there, right?

It's only 7:45 right now and it's almost dark outside.....my big thistle feeder is covered with little goldfinches trying to get enough food to hold them overnight. The rain has stopped for now, but forecasters are saying there may be redevelopment overnight. We're in a flash flood watch till early tomorrow morning. Some towns and counties south and east of us are already experiencing flooding.

OK, I'm going to stop complaining now and be thankful I live on high ground. I will pray again tonight for rain and cooler temperatures for all of my dear blogging friends burning up in Canada, and the eastern and southeastern U.S. If there was any way I could send this to you, I sure would.