T-storms, Varmints, condensate and rain

We had a thunderstorm cell track through Eaton Rapids yesterday afternoon. It dropped about a half inch of rain and there were high winds.

The winds pushed about 20% of my corn over. I will go out later today and straighten them up. That entails holding them vertical while I use a hoe to mound dirt around their base.

This is the time of year when the farmers growing wheat are nervous. Wheat with heavy heads full of grain are vulnerable to being blown over ("Lodging" in the farming trade). A quick tour this morning didn't show me any additional lodging in neighboring fields but I wasn't really looking all that hard.

Mrs ERJ has very firm ideas about me watching the road when I am driving.
 

Varmints 

I had a target near the garden after the rain. 

I pulled the appropriate tool from the proper place in the air-conditioned house and proceeded to pussy-foot to a position with an appropriate backstop behind the target. I wasn't hurrying but I wasn't lollygagging.

Raising the tool to align the sights with the target I was dismayed to see that not only had the lens fogged, but there were droplets of water on them. I still "made" the shot but it is a reminder that scopes are wonderful BUT they have weaknesses.

After taking care of the varmint, I put the tool beneath a ceiling fan. If there was condensate on the glass lenses, then there is undoubtedly condensate on the metal.

Armscor, 36 grain hollow-point on left, Federal P# 745 36 grain, copper-plated hollow-point on the right. Guess which profile feeds through magazines with fewer hang-ups? The Armscor is OK unless the magazine is filled to capacity, then the blunt tip dead-heads against the leading edge of the magazine. The more sleekly tapered Federals run through the magazines like grease through a goose. 

Rain

The Upper Orchard and the Hill Orchard did not benefit from the T-storm. A tiny bit of rain is predicted for Sunday but not enough to count, so I will be lugging water on Monday or Tuesday.