In the garden, and RAIN!!!!
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Thursday, December 25, 2025 04:27
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Oh, so that can be quite a large group! Do 12 people play all together? Or do you break up into smaller groups?
Yes, a lot of people are recovering from Xmas, getting ready for tomorrow. I'm sure the snow didn't help, either.
It was pouring this AM and traffic was really light. I think for the holiday and weather-related reasons here too.
Well, have a good New Year's Eve, BRENDA! May the New Year be even better than the old!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
I think in some versions of the game you can play in one big group. But we break into smaller groups. 12 people means 3 tables with 4 players.
Some have company that managed to come in too and yes the weather definitely played into it.
It was dry today and the sun came out so it started to melt a little bit of the snow. It should be dry here tomorrow but Saturday a slim chance of snow then rain for the first week of January.
Have a good New Year's eve too, SIG and to your family as well.
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Out soon for my last walk of 2021. Just a couple of things to do.
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This was supposed to be a la Nina year, but did we get rain this month!
This last storm we just had, the Santa Fe Dam (the closest official station to me) got about 3.5", and the storm before that it got almost 6". So far this month it got a bit over 9.5". But it's a few miles west of me which is closer to the ocean, and way up in the foothills, so it's probably not exactly representative of my location.
The next closest official station is further inland, and on flatland, which is Ontario (California, USA) International Airport which so far this month got 7.02".
I figure I'm somewhere between the 2. And it's still A LOT of rain for the month, a record month, from what I heard on the radio.
And right now, the hillside where I'm on is so wet in places the ground is loose mud that's over a foot deep. As much as we needed that rain, right now we need a break from it ... or I worry about the hillside coming down. This area doesn't get cleaned out regularly with a lot of rain, and it's laden with loose dirt, and hasn't been tested with rain like that, ever. So I'm happy to see that the next 10 days have a very slight chance of a small amount of rain falling, and we get to dry out. 
"It never rains in California ... it pours, man it pours."
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Back from my walk and lamb chops bought. Kitchen cupboard more user friendly now.
Just taking the rest of the afternoon off.
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Happy New Year Brenda and Signy!
signing off for 2021 ...
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My buddy and his dad came by and worked off a bit of that credit they owed me today.
We just installed a vinyl sheet floor in the kitchen.
It's the most expensive one they had, but I got a killer deal on it by buying a cutoff that was large enough for the room. It's a beautiful cobblestone pattern that made installing it a cinch compared to having to plan a layout with the standard faux tile grid pattern ones.
Once it was done, his dad who's been in the trades his entire life stepped back and couldn't stop talking about how great a job I did picking out the color scheme. Even the faux grout between the faux cobble stones matches the color of the non-accent wall perfectly and it all really makes those white cabinets pop.
This week's goal is to get the baseboard and door trim up, as well as build that half-wall between the stove and the blank space where the dishwasher used to be that now houses my garbage and recycle bins.
Then the only thing that still needs to be done is resurfacing the countertop.
I started this job a year ago this very day. So much work. So many photos to look through.
What a journey it's been.
Happy New Year.
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Oooh ooh!!
Pictures please!
I have not been able to make any progress, but I love reading about everyone else's!!!
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We had our SECOND major rain event this month. THIS time my rain gage didn't get knocked over, and I measured 2 3/4" accumulation over two days. Between the first atmospheric river - which I estimated at 2" - the drizzle in-between, and the second, we must have accumulated over 5" of rain this month in my area. Woohoo!
The aquifer recharge basins and the 7 dams up and down the San Gabriel River must all be full by now. I saw geese flying to the aquifer recharge basin on Paramount Blvd for their evening rest after feeding on grasses at a nearby schoolyard.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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Wow.
It sucks you're getting it all at once, but it's a good thing that you're getting all that rain, right?
I may be able to wrangle up a picture or two.
I'll probably wait until the trim and wall is built and installed first though. As great as it looks, I had them leave the stove on the boards we used to protect the floor from the stove and fridge so I could get that done. If we moved it back I'd use that as an excuse to not finish the work, and by having the stove three feet from the wall in the middle of the floor it will motivate me to get it done this week. My old man already told me when I'm ready just to give him a call and he'll help me move whatever I need to.
First thing I did when they left and I cleaned up was pick up a few throw rugs for the high traffic area. I want this floor to look just as good 15 years from now as it does today. They were on clearance and the colors match exquisitely.
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Another winter storm is heading my way for tomorrow and then hopefully some rain to get rid of some of the snow for next week.
Happy New Year for 2022.
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Ten days of sunny to mostly sunny weather 60=70 deg daytime high.
THIS is the weather that I love!
May this New Year be better than the old!
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE men poor - William Blake
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