Rain Check

My rain gauge isn't anything fancy. I bought a bathroom trash can and stuck it outside. Then I use a little plastic ruler to measure it. I wanted a bucket, but they had already sold out their stock at the end of the season. And all of the "indoor cleaning" buckets have uneven bottoms.



I wouldn't normally mistreat my Fiskar's ruler like that, but the nearly six inches by Saturday morning needed something a bit longer. I need to go buy something better, too bad I also missed the back to school sales. The almost two inches this morning was more in line for my little ruler.

And some pictures of rain on the deck.



The birds were really hungry today.


Yesterday's precipitation: steady rain tapering off in the afternoon -- 1.9375