"VERO'S VERBIAGE & VISUALS"

Well, I think I figured out why my weather station rainfall measuring gauge stopped working,
I first noticed it when, after dumping almost two inches of water out of the manual gauge, the electronic one was showing zero!
I went to check it out and found that the entire unit had been swallowed up by a Cinnamon Vine.( Dioscorea polystachya) Common Name(s): Chinese Yam, Cinnamon vine.
I grabbed my pruners and gave the vine a drastic haircut. I also sprayed and chased out the colony of ants that had decided to move in as well.