It rained today - 18 June 2018

Monday morning – 18 June 2018

This morning, slightly before 6 a.m. Carol let the cat out. Quite literally, a few minutes later it started to rain and the cat wanted back in. Not satisfied with being in, he wanted back out again. After waiting at the door for the cat to decide whether he wanted to be in or out, she closed the door with the cat inside.

I came into the great room about 45 minutes later and the cat came up to me and rubbed my legs as he typically does, then plopped over on his side, exposed his stomach and when I went to pet him, he bolted a couple of feet and plopped down again... I tried to pet him again and once again, he bolted. I commented to Carol, “Obi is pretty wired.” Carol said, “he is frustrated with the rain.”

I decided to open the sliding door and let him out... and out he dashed into the rain and back he came under the eaves, jumped to the window ledge (we have a continuous window ledge that runs the length of the house) and came to the edge of the sliding door like he wanted to come in. I reached out to pet him and he snapped at me, as if to say, “MAKE THE DAMN RAIN STOP!” I left the sliding door ajar and over the next 20 minutes he was in and out a dozen times. It was getting cold next to the door so the next time he was in I closed the door.

It was somewhat pleasant on the lee side of the roof drip line as we had just had half round copper gutters installed over the deck. The discharge of the gutters is directed by a lotus flower shaped rain chain that Carol found on the internet. I found it interesting that the water draining from the bowl would swirl like the water swirls when you drain the bathtub and the discharge would hit the next cup below and cause it to move to the side and it would do the same and soon there was a circular vibration to the rain chain, of maybe 3/4” or so. It is kind of like watching fire.

By the end of the day we had 2.25 inches of rain over a 48 hour period.  The rain is welcome, it had been getting a bit dry here.