Water catchment....at last!

7:50 am - Wednesday - The Eve of Christmas - TWW - 48° F, humidity 74%, wind 17 mph out of the south by southeast.....heavy cloud cover with rain, and wind today with a forecast high of 54° F.  The view this morning......

....on this date in 2024 TLE and I were driving to SoCal from TWW to celebrate Christmas with our kids.....

 ......we had a little rain, and a lot of clouds, but the drive was uneventful.

TLE and I were out early working on the installation of the rain gutters on the greenhouse to catch, and funnel it into our two IBC water totes.  We didn't have all the parts needed to finish the installation until Charles and Phyllis arrived around 11:30 a with the balance of the needed parts, but we went as far as we could.  Once they arrived, and had sufficient time to unpack the truck Charles and I got busy finishing the job of installing the rain gutters on the east and west sides of the greenhouse.  We didn't finish until just before 3 pm, but we got them done....

The east side....↕

The west side.....↕

.....there are a few adjustments still to be made, but we got them installed, and hope to catch some rain over the next few days.  Over the next few weeks we will also install gutters on the house, and add a few more IBC water totes in which to store any rain/snow melt.

Included in the things Charles and Phyllis delivered to TWW was a new adjustable drop hitch for our 1969 Chevrolet C50 tilt bed truck.....

.....now, once I get the tail lights working again, we will be able to pull the water trailer over to the water station in the future to get water, and that was the goal.  

By the time we finished at just before 3 pm I was out of gas, and ready for a nap, but I knew if I attempted to take a nap I would not wake up in time for dinner at 4 pm, so I deferred the nap until after dinner, and I was right....I napped after dinner for 2 hours according to TLE.  On top of that I went to bed around 10 pm, and slept until 7 am this (Wednesday) morning.

We had hamburgers for dinner, courtesy Phyllis, with all the trimmings, plus coleslaw and potato salad.  I think I had 3 helpings of that delicious potato salad....thank you Phyllis!  The next few days will be iffy for a lot of work being done as we will either have winds in the high 20's, or rain, or both during that time.

Thanks for stopping by!