Butterflies

 I just had several of these beauties hatch out. The chrysalis on my window, and on the power cord in my bedroom. There are about five more about to hatch, though one caterpillar snipped off a leaf that had a chrysalis on it, so I had to prop the leaf up so the butterfly could hatch better. I'm just posting pictures, as they are so beautiful, I have to share. It's so magical how fast they turn into butterflies.

 

Floods! Rain! Lightening!

Crazy floods last night! 

 

And More hail and crazy, crazy rain today (Aug 19 2021) 

https://kutv.com/news/local/delta-officials-ask-residents-not-to-use-water-or-sewer-due-to-city-flooding

https://www.facebook.com/fox13newsutah/videos/427274031942748

So prior to this bizarre storm, I kid you not. My sister, Bess and I had a conversation as we were milking our goats. The air has been hot as heck. Everyday, for several weeks, you can't hardly see the mountains because of the smoke that's been thick, and heavy. Everyday the sun is ruby red because of the fires, and smoke. It's been so, so, hot and miserable, I just getting sick of it. Anyhow, I was talking to Bess. I said, I was ready to manifest rain, or something to that effect, and we proceeded on talking about how it would feel, and how my plants would all get watered in great detail. I imagined water coming down in torrents, and just felt the feelings of the rain coming down. It was very nice. 

Then I went about my day.

 Then....

Then...towards evening the most phenomenal, crazy, amazing, blue, green, pink, lightening/rainstorm happened. Lighting all night! It was like someone had turned on a strobe light of lightening. It was so hard to sleep. Thunder clapping. Zig, zag, blinding lightening. It was terrifying. Bess even crawled into bed with me because she was afraid of the trees outside her room getting hit with lightening. We had a total, favorite things moment.

Then rain! Rain! RAIN!!! Crazy, wet, wonderful rain. Shooting out of the rain gutters, spilling everywhere. Water filling up our irrigation ditches that had zero water in them. 

This morning water buckets we have for our animals were filled to the brim with water. Water was everywhere! Puddles, motes, crazy, huge lakes. We rode our bikes past a cornfield, and it looked like it had been irrigated.  Delta city, where there's lots more cement is super flooded. Parks are flooded, they look like lakes. People are sandbagging their houses, because their window wells are flooding, and toilets are not flushing. 

  Oh my gosh. 

So yeah. Be careful what you visualize in depth. Coincidence.  Probably. Most likely. But a crazy, interesting, one. One I shouldn't be super vocal about----because this storm isn't all that great, as so many houses are flooded. I feel bad for all the people who are flooding away, much worse than us. 

One lady has 8 feet of water in her basement. People are sandbagging, and ripping out carpets. So that's not so good. And the rain is still coming down.

 The air is so much clearer. My lawn. Well, is very watered. Flooded.  I only wish I was able to capture the lightening last night! It was up there with one of the most amazing lightening storms I've seen!!!!

I'll probably be back with more pictures, once I can step outside. But for now, it's very, soggy. Farmers had to cancel their irrigation turns because---well, nobody needs water right now.

And all I can say right now. Rain! Oh my!