a pasture visitor

With the recent abundance of wind and rain, we had a large snapping turtle visit our south pasture. Not sure how he got through the fence but he later managed to find his way out again.

I learned a new word for the heavy wind storm we experienced on Thursday: a derecho. We often had similar storms when living in Kansas; I just didn’t know they had a special name. Powerful, sustained winds!

The storm knocked out power in the area — ours wasn’t restored until late on Saturday. Unfortunately, no electricity meant no water pumped from our well. A neighbor on rural water helped us out and we used pool water for the livestock. I was sure thankful to finally be able to take a shower!

I reconfigured my folio palette to place the mixing pans in a more centralized location. It seems to work better this way. I love how the palettes from Art Toolkit incorporate magnets so pans can be moved around or exchanged so easily!

I’m out-a-here!