More in Thirty than in Five
Saturday morning, it started raining and did so for almost five hours. It was a light rain, and in the end, we only had a quarter inch. The ground was still dry when it stopped. Then Sunday afternoon when we were having an early supper on the porch, it started to rain and did so for around 30 minutes; I really didn’t expect it. When it stopped, we had almost a half inch. We need much more, but it really helped.
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