For the past few weeks we have had a significant amount of rain. Living in the high desert having enough rain is always a concern, but for the past week or so we have had more than what I would call normal. It is starting to impact the farmers as their crops are starting to rot in the ground. Also the people who live in the pueblos in the compo can not travel the roads that cross the arroyos as they are flooded.
As you can see below the farmer in the property next to our rancho was trying to plow his fields for a late season crop of corn and beans. However after we got almost 2 1/2 inches of rain on Friday, he got stuck on Saturday and can not move his tractor.
It is also curtailing some of our favorite activities, like trail riding with our horses and biking around in the compo. As you can see below we have a small lake in our riding ring so we have not been able to give the horses much exercise for the past week.
We know of farmers who had cut their crop of alfalfa and had it baled hoping to get it sold before it rains, only to have it rain that evening and ruin the entire crop. This has to be so disheartening to these farmers as they have an excellent crop but then can't get it to market before it rains and ruins the crop.
I hope that we can have a few days of sun and dryness so that the water can be absorbed by the earth. However, I do hope that we continue to have this excellent rainy season, only I hope it can space itself out more evenly over the remaining months of the season.
As an update, I know that I have not been spending too much time writing on this blog. I hope to start again posting about the exciting and interesting things that happen living in the compo in Mexico. However, please continue to enjoy my almost daily photos of life in Mexico which you can find by clicking here sanmiguelphotooftheday.blogspot.com.
4 comments:
Hola Jon,
Looking forward to more Blog entries ;-)
Up to our axles in mud here in Colorado too.
Saludos,
John Calypso
Hola Jon. Same here in southern Spain though not the deluge you've been having. Swirling clouds, thunder and yesterday 45 minutes of gentle rain, which left everything fresh and sweet smelling.
Like you, too busy or too tired to blog - doing more mosaicing. I'm off now to catch up with your photos.
Hasta la proxima
It's me again. Wow, what stunning photos in your Flickr portfolio. I get a real sense of what your lives must be like in SMA. The bread oven is just like those of our neighbours in the campo, who do most of their meat roasting in them too.
Loved the pics of willowy grasses and beautiful wild flowers, plus the succulents.
Keep 'em coming....
Thank you Jon, I just discovered your blog and find it fun and look forward to more! I dream of moving to SMA, have visited twice. I can experience through you.
Carol from Virginia
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