LORD bring sunshine to jain please.
Nancy U.

hi yvette, thanks for the good wishes. it has been a nasty, near nonstop wet and rainy winter for weeks. the first storm dropped 7.5" in 36 hours, it has never got to dry out from then, with rain almost daily. the new years eve storm just devastated most of northern cal. we got over 8" in 12 hours, many counties were flooded, 1000 of homes damaged, freeways closed and mudslides galore. its not been an easy year, but lets hope for everyone's sake this came in like a lion and goes out like a lamb because i don't think we can take many more sucker punches like those 2 deadly storms! yvette i hope you are safe in the foothills and that your family faired well in all this water.

I sure wish we could trade my sun and warm temperatures for some of your rain! :) We are dry dry dry!

Dena I'm with you .... It is so very dry here! 2005 was the driest year ever here in NW Arkansas! We've had some hazy days due to the wildfires in Oklahoma and Texas. It so unseasonably warm here. 70s in January! Our highs should be around 40! I pray that our weather here gets better!
Nancy U.

Jain, we hope you dry out soon and send the rain this way.
There are even grass fires in MS! In 2004, my rain gauge caught 80.45" of rainfall. In 2005, it caught 43.25" and we also had Dennis, Katrina, and Rita to contend with. We have not had a really good rain since Rita and are way below normal, which is about 55".

Hope the irises don't slide down the slope.

Walter Moores

Sure wish I could send some of this water to the south. We've had the wettest year on record since 1868 when they started keeping them.

I've got such a thick coating of snow turned to ice that I'm worried. Not a darn thing I can do about until April either.

Thank you everyone, I truly hope all of your weather changes for the good where ever you all live too.
I am fine Jain, I worry more about my parents that live in Sacramento.
Suenh, hope you get the thaw you wish for, take care with that ice.
Walter I hope you get some rain soon, and I agree with you about the iris sliding down the banks, along with everything else planted with them.

Take care one and all,
Yvette

I have also been "thinking sun" for Jain, and hope that her beautiful gardens will be okay. From looking at her pictures, it is obvious that a lot of time, hard work and love went into what she has created. I hope that 2006 is a better year for everyone weather-wise.

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