Singing in the Rain
The image at right says it all (well, not really; otherwise, I'd end this post here): we've been blessed by some badly needed rain.
The majority of the 2.3" in my backyard gauge came during a one-hour period beginning around 5:00 p.m. yesterday, but it's been drizzling and spitting more or less continuously since then. We did have a break this morning so that Abbye could take me on a walk, but the forecast is for more to come.
Bring it on, I say. This represents about 2 1/2 months of precipitation for us during an average year, statistically speaking.
The only downside is that I was already a bit behind in my lawn mowing schedule, and this turn of events implies a great challenge when things dry out enough to fire up the cutter. And, as usual, the sprinkler system ran through its usual course earlier in the day, when the chance of rain was simply wishful thinking on the part of certain forecasters. Small price to pay. I'll trade an hour of watering for two inches of the real thing any day.
Rob, I keep forgetting that you guys have really good soil. Crape myrtles don't do well down here because of the high alkalinity in our dirt (it doesn't even merit the term "soil"). But, you're right...plentiful rains will cure a lot of ills, and the few crape myrtles we have around here are looking pretty good right now.
I can almost see the elaeagnus hedge growing before my eyes, like some kind of tentacled alien lifeform!
Posted by: Eric at June 25, 2004 08:00 PMAbout the publisher
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Glad you folks are getting some rain. We've had quite a bit in the Lubbock area, with promise for more this weekend. I can't recall when we had so much greenery and flowers for so long a stretch. The Crepe Myrtle broke out this week in splendid glory. It's a fine time.
Posted by: Rob at June 25, 2004 03:53 PM