I think my refrigerator is dying

My freezer is making things really cold, and my refrigerator is hovering at 40 degrees.  I rearranged things, Hopefully that will bring the temperature down.  Otherwise, it's new frig time for the old homestead!  If this is the case, I am thinking about getting one of the ones with the freezer on the bottom,...

Additional water news

This morning adorable hubby dumped almost 4 inches of water out of the rain gauge.  It poured last night at our house.  In the middle of the night, it poured for a little while inside our house.  The place where the falling tree tore the rain gutters off the front facade, is probably leaking.  So, I have called the insurance company, and we will see what they say.

Outside the house the trees are soaking up the rain and everything seems several feet taller and much thicker - we really live in temperate rain forest here, with the high canopy, the under layer of younger trees, and the ground layer of bushes and shrubs...it's really beautiful.

The frogs are going crazy in celebration. Over the weekend, I found two tree frogs in the kitchen.  Don't know how they got in there.  Silly things.

Poem for a small planet (fragment)

I recall the blue water planet,
Circling a yellow sun.
I recall the hearts of love,
Beating as one.
I notice the mindless ground,
Revealed by mindful attention.
I act with those beating hearts,

Displaying boundless compassion.

Act with those beating hearts,

Subsumed in boundless compassion.

Oh, my sisters and brothers,
The hearts of love are calling,

Care for the blue water planet.....