Rain Barrels

Last night after a walk Henry and I used our back rain barrel. I installed one in the back of the house that's connected to a gutter from the main portion of the house. A storm on Saturday that produced .36 inches of rain filled it, 55 gallons. I filled up a couple of watering cans with it and watered a couple of areas I've seeded with grass. Henry was amused by it for some reason. He likes water a lot. I used eight gallons. After Henry went inside I hooked up a second barrel, this one painted to match the color of the house, to a downspout in the front of the house. I think we're going to have to think of more uses for this water!

I searched some coin last night, but the results were a bit ho-hum.

25 small dollars didn't produce anything.

9,200 quarters turned up one silver Washington (1964), eight Canadians, one UK 10 pence and a Bermuda 25¢.

1,300 dimes had just one Canadian in them.

640 nickels yielded one War Time (1942P) and two Canadians.

Lastly, 3,700 pennies produced just nine Wheats and twenty-two Canadians. The Wheats were:

1934, 1940(2), 1941, 1942, 1949, 1950, 1952, 19??D

Found: 21 pennies (1 at Shaw's, 1 at Dunkin' Donuts, 2 outside White Hen, 17 at work), 2 dimes (1 on the street, 1 at Shaw's), 1 foreign coin (a UK 5 pence at work)