Countdown to Fall – Rain, Rain, Come Our Way

This is going to be a mercifully short entry.

My area has been very dry for most of the summer.  Most streams and lakes are below their normal levels by a noticeable amount.  Those with gardens have had to depend more on bringing the water to the plants instead of letting the rain do the job.  Foliage normally looks a duller green starting about now, but this year that dullness began back in early August.  We were starting to look kind of like a tinder box waiting for the flame.  I feel for anyplace with wildfires right now, knowing full well that, without relief, we could be next.

However, tonight into tomorrow and at least two more times in the next ten days, they're predicting rain for the area.  I welcome those little drops of relief despite the fact that I have a leaky back roof and rainy weather now makes my joints ache.  In the larger scheme of things, we need it.

Only 11 days until Fall.