Maybe Not A Drought Anymore

O.K., so the rains have finally arrived. And arrived and arrived and arrived. Then the snow arrived. And, not to be out done by the rain, it came in and dumped on us. Captive for a week, power out for a day and a half and, horror of horrors, no internet for THREE DAYS! Pure torture.
It was quite a learning experience for DH, the city boy. And I do mean CITY boy. He was born and raised just outside Boston. When his family moved to California they first moved to San Luis Obispo and then up to Wine Country. Big city followed by city followed by city. Quite a learning curve when I drag him from a city of almost 200,000 to a county with less than 130,000 and a city of only 28,000. THEN I drag him to a county where the population is less than the city we left!

So when the power went out, he thought it meant no food since I have an electric stove. Woodstove works fine for me. Drag out the cast iron and enamelware and dinner is served! Well, maybe not quite that fast but who can starve when your hens are laying, you've got a pantry full of home grown and made jams, jellies, salsa, pickles and spiced veggies, a 50# sack of organic flour and bacon from the little piggie down the road? Denver omelets, bacon, homemade biscuits with jam. Dinner is served.

After hauling wood in first thing in the morning and feeding the chickens, we all putz'd around the house. Later in the day we spent time watching the hummingbirds play in the snow. We have two resident males who spend the whole year with us. If we don't keep their feeder filled, they fly back and forth in front of the livingroom window demanding attention. They come up and eat out of our hands. AND, they eat mosquitoes by the thousands during the spring, summer and fall. Beautiful to watch and a real bonus to have around!