Sunshine out front, grey fluffy mounds gathering in the back, and a certain thickness in the air.
All afternoon we waited. And waited. And waited.
The sun came out. The clouds moved, south to north, but never got any darker.
And there was no rain. There's never any rain. The one monsoon we had lasted for 15 minutes, took out my palo verde, and vanished.
The newspaper is talking about drought.
And every afternoon it's the same damn thing. Clouds. No Rain.
I've also been disappointed in this monsoon, although our neighbor said last year was kind of this way also. After I whined about it the other day, thunder boomed right over us and we got some rain. Not as much as we need though. Any sound of drops is welcome. It's not what I remember from years gone by.
ReplyDeleteIt was a dry July, wasn't it? I miss the fabulous lightning!
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We have had one good soaking day of rain, and two brief spurts of downpour. Other than that, clouds and humidity, wind that suggests something might happen and that's it. It's very aggravating.
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I work up to the sound of what I first thought was rain, only to find a sprinkler head had blown off and water was shooting up hitting the roof. Oh well, a girl can dream.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! I bet you had a smile on your face for a tiny minute, though, didn't you?!
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