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A soft fine rain is steadily falling today. All day it has been raining. We need it. After we arrived, we had brief afternoon thunderstorms for a couple of days. Then the rain stopped and it was lovely and sunny, though extremely windy. Wildflowers carpeted the pastures. The road to our house reminded me of the Wizard of Oz for its abundant yellow flowers on either side. The yard had beautiful delicate wildflowers in hues of yellow, orange, red, purple and white. Then everything started to whither and dry.
It had been dry for weeks before the rain came. Cattle in other parts of the country were suffering for lack of water. Near Montevideo, in the department of Canelones, fires consumed 300 hectares (a hectare is equal to 2.2 acres). The water table in the department where we live is high and we have lots of water, so it is very good for cattle and sheep. But still we needed the rain.
So today is a lazy Saturday. We're not doing much besides watching the rain fall. Later we will join friends to barbeque a lamb, which we bought from the carniceria just for today. The evening will be cool and the frogs will sing out their appreciation of the dampness.
It had been dry for weeks before the rain came. Cattle in other parts of the country were suffering for lack of water. Near Montevideo, in the department of Canelones, fires consumed 300 hectares (a hectare is equal to 2.2 acres). The water table in the department where we live is high and we have lots of water, so it is very good for cattle and sheep. But still we needed the rain.
So today is a lazy Saturday. We're not doing much besides watching the rain fall. Later we will join friends to barbeque a lamb, which we bought from the carniceria just for today. The evening will be cool and the frogs will sing out their appreciation of the dampness.
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