It’s Still Raining at the Ranch

Jaime is very creative. He wants to build a mantle out of a mesquite log he brought. I think it will be awesome.

All the rains make for some stupendous sunsets. Here’s another one. Our creek paddock is now a creek.

We’ve had almost six inches of rain since the first of the month. To put that into perspective, we got just over eight inches in 2012, but that was at the height of the drought.

Since I’ve been keeping records here, we’ve averaged around four inches in May, including this year. But the rains do make for some spectacular sunsets.

Construction Update

We got another inch of rain last night, which made getting workers and materials into the house…interesting. The ground is soft and slick, all the tanks are completely full, and the arroyo is flowing briskly again. But we got done what we needed to.

With the tile all up on the fireplace wall, Jaime started working on the mantle. He has a mesquite log he wants to sand down. I said we should leave the exposed edge tree-shaped, even if we do have to flatten the other three sides.

Ruben also got the washer and dryer installed temporarily. We’ll have to uninstall and reinstall them once the cabinets are done. It turned out cheaper, more useful, and better looking to have custom cabinets made to stand them on rather than buying the prefab drawers that match the appliances.