We had a chance of rain today. Not much. But a chance. About 5 PM or so, a cell built to the southwest but passed us by.
A couple hours later, we heard the thunder, saw the lightning, and for a brief time, had some rain. The thunder and lightning far surpassed the rain. But we had some rain.
Sake and Haiku took it in stride. Every time the rain sounds increased, Taki raced to the window to look out. It is still novel to her.
One of the things I have learned in my years in Lubbock, is the native plants need scant amounts of rain to thrive and blossom. You look at a desert expanse, and the plants are feet or yards apart. That is because the root systems spread that far, near the surface, and are ready to suck up what moisture they can when it does rain, to allow them to blossom, produce seeds and go dormant.
I hope we get some more rain this week.
We need it.
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