For the past two days and nights, that's just what we've had here in the hills... buckets of rain tumbling down in all directions and winds so fierce that the sounds were similar to a freight train passing in the night.
There are ponds and creeks all over these properties and without a doubt, everyone's pond is now filled to the brim and then some. The creeks were rising during the worst of the rain and some of the roads and little bridges got a bit flooded and filled up like the lowest concrete highways of downtown Houston.
Our annual Christmas party was last night, and except for a few people who probably stayed home because of the weather, everyone else who was invited was not only here but on time, including friends from Clear Lake. Really amazing to us... we watched that rain pouring down and my husband and I both said that possibly no one would want to be out driving in such weather. Miraculously, twenty minutes before the party was to start, the rain let up and that's when friends and neighbors started to arrive.
The worst of the rain and the high winds didn't start up again till about an hour after the party ended, giving our nearby neighbors more than enough time to get home, and even our friends from Clear Lake were able to drive home without having to deal with flooded roads and lane-changing winds.
I fully expected to see ducks out in the ponds this morning, but I guess yesterday's rain and winds kept them away from the local ponds, unless they were already here to begin with. I did see lots of little green frogs today on the porch railings and on the windowsills. As I walked around the porch to check on the Christmas lights, the frogs just watched me, not willing to give up their dry spots underneath those railings.
The temperature during all the rainy days was up in the high 70s. With the dry weather coming in, the cooler temperatures followed and this morning had to be at least 15 degrees cooler. We've been lucky so far this 'winter,' with very warm temps and lots of sun, like a second-Spring. Is it too much to hope for that this second-Spring sticks around until the 'real' Spring comes around in March?
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