The days start clear with sunny and humid mornings. As the day progresses, the clouds build up and the heat soars. Then a rumble and a flash and some wind might appear. Then if you are lucky, two drops fall from the sky and the clouds flow away again to leave clear skies for morning. We have had two good rains this season. One left us with one inch of rain and one brought two inches. We have had a few other small rains too. Other parts of the city have gotten more and to the south and west, they have had quite a good rainy season.
Our 'garden' is prospering and the rain helps. All the aloes have babies and a couple of the agaves do too. The Lantanas around the corner are growing big and flowering. The other two had a problem and are slowly recovering. Hopefully this winter we receive lots of rain again so our plants will be firmly established and we will not need to water as much next summer. Although Wayne likes the exercise he gets from hand watering all the plants.
Our cats are looking forward to the cooler days when they will be able to go outside on the patio again.
This was beautifully written! Made me want to go out there right now, set up a chair and watch the weather action!
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