Anchor Struck

In my last post, I reported that the farm was coming off a two week stretch of no rain and temperatures just below or above freezing. Since then we’ve had @ 25 cm (10 inches) of the wet stuff and temps straddling 10 C. (50 F.). It would take a deep dive in the weather records I’ve been keeping since 2009 to see if we’ve had a similar stretch, but I can’t recall the edge of the pond near the house creeping any closer.

Given the dire warnings about climate change, I gladly greet any precipitation. In our 20+ years here, Jude and I have had uninterrupted H2O from a spring about 300 meters/yards up the west side of our valley. However, many of the households on our little island run out in late summer when their wells run dry.

Meanwhile, south of the border, the “documentary” Melania exceeded opening weekend predictions by grossing $7 million at the box office. That’s nowhere near Wicked or Zootopia 2 territory, but respectable nonetheless. And it certainly won’t recoup the $75 million it cost to make. It scored well with old white women, and even though I qualify for 2/3rd’s of that group, I’ll wait until it rolls around on my satellite package. I’m also following its progress on Box Office Mojo. I think it will fade fast.