Pray for rain...

We got an inch of rain this morning.

I would send it out to our friends in Melbourne, but I don't know how. Got an email from Marg, saying they were at 29 degrees today, a nice change from the nasty 44 degrees they had earlier this week. The fires aren't close to them, which is good. Here's hoping with a bit of cooler weather that the authorities in Victoria can get them under control!

We're in drought In Oklahoma, but our grassfires have actually been comparatively mild this year. Today's rain will mean even lower chances....which is good news.

Fighting the grass

Spent some time this afternoon cutting down the last 6 of the ornamental grasses. The first 5 weren't too bad.

But I'd saved the Pampas grass for last. Two mistakes:
1) My valiant little hedge trimmer can't handle the Pampas grass, so I have to cut it by hand, with pruning shears.
2) Although I wore welding gloves to do this, I also had on short sleeves.

I now have dozens of small scratches along the middle part of my arm.....which itch. I'm going to go take some Benadryl.

I'm glad this is done!