A cloud formation that we saw out our back door one day. 
Last week our cistern was almost dry, so Jonathan took the opportunity to go down inside it and clean it out. Hannah had thrown a cowpie into it a while back, once when they had the lids off and were checking the water depth. That cowpie, said Jonathan, was in there sort of fermenting, or however you would describe it.... So I was glad the water comes through at least two or three filters before we drink it! Plus there was plenty of dirt down in there. So Jonathan cleaned it out and fixed a leaking pipe at the same time.
The next morning, there was no water at all. Thankfully we were leaving for a few days away, but when we came back after four days, the cistern wasn't even half full. Jonathan figures the well is producing less than one hundred gallons a day for our family of nine. With less than ten gallons a day apiece, we are to drink, wash hands, bathe, launder, flush toilets, and water animals. That sounds like not very much till you read about the famine in Somalia where camels have to travel 40 or 50 miles for a drink, and that only twice a month.
Well, below you see two lovely sisters, sitting in a mountain meadow near Windy Ridge where we visited last weekend.
Here is mother and youngest little daughter near the same place. These particular mountains were rather bare in this area, but the meadows were full of pretty flowers.
Here is a family photo we took on one of those ancient bristlecone pine trees.
Last week our cistern was almost dry, so Jonathan took the opportunity to go down inside it and clean it out. Hannah had thrown a cowpie into it a while back, once when they had the lids off and were checking the water depth. That cowpie, said Jonathan, was in there sort of fermenting, or however you would describe it.... So I was glad the water comes through at least two or three filters before we drink it! Plus there was plenty of dirt down in there. So Jonathan cleaned it out and fixed a leaking pipe at the same time.
The next morning, there was no water at all. Thankfully we were leaving for a few days away, but when we came back after four days, the cistern wasn't even half full. Jonathan figures the well is producing less than one hundred gallons a day for our family of nine. With less than ten gallons a day apiece, we are to drink, wash hands, bathe, launder, flush toilets, and water animals. That sounds like not very much till you read about the famine in Somalia where camels have to travel 40 or 50 miles for a drink, and that only twice a month.Well, below you see two lovely sisters, sitting in a mountain meadow near Windy Ridge where we visited last weekend.
Here is mother and youngest little daughter near the same place. These particular mountains were rather bare in this area, but the meadows were full of pretty flowers.
Here is a family photo we took on one of those ancient bristlecone pine trees.
I love the family picture!
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