[chanda95]

GOOD MORNING!!

Another rainy day set here in New Mexico. In the past 4 days we have gotten almost 2" of rain...with a LOT more scheduled to hit us. Monsoon season has arrived in full force. Nice to hear the frogs again.

Unfortunately that also means riding time is cut way short as most of rains are afternoon rains.

I was gonna work on my drawing a bit more but I have some things to do at lunch so we will see.

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

 

[TerryCurley]

The weather is wonderful here in Arkansas. It's going to be a good day for the kids in the pool.....yeah!

I so want to get back to painting. I have the canvas I am working on the easel and I keep looking at it and give a big Sigh. Come on Sunday!

 

[chanda95]

The weather is wonderful here in Arkansas. It's going to be a good day for the kids in the pool.....yeah!

I so want to get back to painting. I have the canvas I am working on the easel and I keep looking at it and give a big Sigh. Come on Sunday!

I wish it was warm enough here for my kids pool. He hasn't had his pool set up in several years (at least two). Our summers get hot for like a two weeks max and then that's it. We recently had our hot spell and now since the rains have hit the heat we had is pretty much a goner. We might warm up for a week in early August if things dry out but not enough to warrant the pool I don't think..never know.

Just a few more days Terry! You can do it!

 

[Bushcraftonfire]

Why did I think you were in Ark Chanda? Anyway.. 25th day in the past 30 we have had rain.. They say another 5-7" onto our already saturated ground.. At least We aren't in a drought anymore

It's so soggy here everything inside is damp.. including my watercolors.. It's really strange.. like painting in a sauna.. not as hot.. but that wet! Our AC ducts had 1" of standing water in them from all of the condensation.. just crazy! I may try to see if I can actually get the paint to dry on a few things I have started.. LOL!

I once saw a guy paint "en plein air" in the rain... watercolor. It was a fun watch actually. He was getting interesting effects until it really started to rain hard.. Then his paper went from beautiful landscape.. to white paper in about 30 secs!

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[chanda95]

Why did I think you were in Ark Chanda? Anyway.. 25th day in the past 30 we have had rain.. They say another 5-7" onto our already saturated ground.. At least We aren't in a drought anymore

It's so soggy here everything inside is damp.. including my watercolors.. It's really strange.. like painting in a sauna.. not as hot.. but that wet! Our AC ducts had 1" of standing water in them from all of the condensation.. just crazy! I may try to see if I can actually get the paint to dry on a few things I have started.. LOL!

I once saw a guy paint "en plein air" in the rain... watercolor. It was a fun watch actually. He was getting interesting effects until it really started to rain hard.. Then his paper went from beautiful landscape.. to white paper in about 30 secs!

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LOL. No idea. I have only been to Arkansas once in my life but my sister went to college there for a year or two. She couldn't hack the rain and said if felt too closed in for her. Out here it's a whole different world!

 

[TerryCurley]

LOL. No idea. I have only been to Arkansas once in my life but my sister went to college there for a year or two. She couldn't hack the rain and said if felt too closed in for her. Out here it's a whole different world!

This made me laugh. It's funny people's different perspectives on things. Your sister felt too closed in and I felt like we were moving to the wilderness when we moved here.

 

[chanda95]

This made me laugh. It's funny people's different perspectives on things. Your sister felt too closed in and I felt like we were moving to the wilderness when we moved here.

LOL. Yup! It is all in how you look at it and where you come from. New Mexico has seriously big spaces. The Gila National Forest alone is pushing 3 million acres (it is over 3 million when combined with the Apache National Forest). Our mountains are big and our skies are big and you can see (and travel) for miles and miles and miles and not see a soul. I think moving to Arkansas was eye opening for her. It was very different from home.

The trees really got her (and the fact that it rained so much that the cafeteria roof at the college collapsed). Yes our mountains have loads of trees but we have a lot of open areas and our trees aren't clogged together to where you can't see. I remember going to Ruston Louisiana to visit my other sister (she graduated from Louisiana Tech and was race horse trainer down there). I was never so happy to leave. I literally felt claustrophobic. The walls of trees were too much for me..the air was heavy. It was neat to visit but it would be hard for me to acclimate I think.

Any move to a new place is a huge adjustment when you aren't used to it that's for sure!

 

[TerryCurley]

Yup...you definitely would not like where I came from. I was born in Brooklyn and we lived on the fifth floor of a high-rise. When I was 8 we moved to Queens and had a back yard that was about 20 feet by 20 feet. Just enough to have a grill on it. I thought we moved to the country! Then after my husband got out of the Navy and into the Army we moved to the Hudson Valley area of NY and there we had a third of an acre. I was ecstatic. Then when we moved to Arkansas we bought a little farm 35 acres. I still feel like we own half the world. I can't imagine 3 million acres.

 

[chanda95]

Yup...you definitely would not like where I came from. I was born in Brooklyn and we lived on the fifth floor of a high-rise. When I was 8 we moved to Queens and had a back yard that was about 20 feet by 20 feet. Just enough to have a grill on it. I thought we moved to the country! Then after my husband got out of the Navy and into the Army we moved to the Hudson Valley area of NY and there we had a third of an acre. I was ecstatic. Then when we moved to Arkansas we bought a little farm 35 acres. I still feel like we own half the world. I can't imagine 3 million acres.

That is such a huge move! wow. I bet you are tickled pink living where you do!

I don't know that I could imagine living in a high rise. The largest city in New Mexico is Albuquerque and it only has half a million. My entire county (which is a fuzz over 4,500 square miles - pushing 3 million acres) only has around 27,000 total people in it with the largest town having around 8,000 people..so rural is the name of the game here that's for sure.

I think it's really great that you were able to purchase the property and get the land you wanted! Not everybody gets that.

 

[TerryCurley]

Real Estate in New York is very very expensive. We bought our place here in Arkansas which is beautiful low rolling hills a pond and a creek on it. A brick house (3 bedroom 2 baths) and two other buildings a work shop and a barn all for less than what we sold our Cape Cod style house on a third of an acre in New York. Real Estate since has gone up considerably around here. But we will never sell. We all love it here.

 

[FanKi]

Wow, first time seeing this chat! What an amazing idea, I'd never seen it before in other forums (This kind of... daily conversations in threads >.< )

Think I will come here frecuently, if you don't care.

Here in Argentina we have a completly different world, we are freezing! When I go training its a suffering, our joints hurts until we warm-up, and when we talk at open air you can see that kind of fog/smoke/mist coming out of our mouths, I always found that funny xD

As I live in the city, we don't have a huge backyard, but it's enough for lying in the ground, or playing with the dog, and my mamma has some flowers and a |Lemon three| (Dont know if it's the correct word ). I wish we had more grassfield in my place, but I like it anyway ^^

 

[leighann]

I would have never thought of Arkansas as claustrophobic. As for rain...we have nothing on where my brother lives...Seattle. Now they get rain!!

Louisiana...now there's an interesting state. I dated a guy a very long time ago, that was from the northern part of the state, and we trecked down there one weekend to visit. I found out that their idea of a lake is a swamp, and the mosquitos are about the size of the mayflies we have here. ^-^

 

[chanda95]

I would have never thought of Arkansas as claustrophobic. As for rain...we have nothing on where my brother lives...Seattle. Now they get rain!!

Louisiana...now there's an interesting state. I dated a guy a very long time ago, that was from the northern part of the state, and we trecked down there one weekend to visit. I found out that their idea of a lake is a swamp, and the mosquitos are about the size of the mayflies we have here. ^-^

I think if you are used to it you don't think about it. I only went through Arkansas only once but I do remember trees..lots of trees...not as much as remember in Louisiana but certainly way more trees than we are used to. I remember it being a pretty state..and I remember that about Louisiana as well. Very lush and green in comparison to home.

My poor sister would call home almost every day in tears..lol. The roof collapsing because of the rain was the last straw for her. In her defense she was young and it was the first real time away from her home state and the food and the culture there is not what she was raised with so that's doubly hard. New Mexico culture is about as unique as Louisiana culture. We love it but it's not everybody's cup of tea.

NO WAY could I live in Seattle! lol. My uncle lives in Corvallis Oregon and that's enough for me. I love rain in SMALL doses. I was just telling my husband last night that I was bugged because of the rain we have been having and how I can't do anything outside. I would not be a happy camper there.

 

[chanda95]

Wow, first time seeing this chat! What an amazing idea, I'd never seen it before in other forums (This kind of... daily conversations in threads >.< )

Think I will come here frecuently, if you don't care.

Here in Argentina we have a completly different world, we are freezing! When I go training its a suffering, our joints hurts until we warm-up, and when we talk at open air you can see that kind of fog/smoke/mist coming out of our mouths, I always found that funny xD

As I live in the city, we don't have a huge backyard, but it's enough for lying in the ground, or playing with the dog, and my mamma has some flowers and a |Lemon three| (Dont know if it's the correct word ). I wish we had more grassfield in my place, but I like it anyway ^^

We would love to see you in here often!! Please post away. It is a great way for us all to get to know each other and maybe even learn something new. I am very envious that you have a lemon tree. Citrus fruit do not grow where I live.

I did not know you lived in Argentina either! I have seen pictures and it looks quite beautiful.

 

[Bushcraftonfire]

I don't know about Seattle LA... but we have had ~20" of rain in the past month here

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