Fungi Crop

All the rain has helped sprout a bumper crop of fungi this year.

Thunderstorms and Puddles

Thunderstorms, rain and hail have been ruling the days. We need the rain. I saw the snow pack assessment and it was bad news: the mountain snow melted early and new snow has been scarce. The ramifications for my yard is that the irrigation season could be cut short. We water our yard with irrigation water that farmers also use - our subdivision has water rights to access that supply. During dry years, the watering season is shorter.

Wet Yellow Rose

We've had about half an inch of rain today, with some pretty hard downpours. One woman told me there was an inch of rain that flowed into her garage. This is a yellow rose bush on the northeast corner of the house.