Weather: Everything Seems to Have Passed Us By

We had a chance for storms today but as of now, everything seems to have passed us by, and developed to the west of us and the northeast of us.  That is disappointing. We need the rain.

Anticipating that we did not get rain, I watered the vinca, and coreopsis.  I bought two coreopsis a couple of weeks ago, and waited to plant them, until the rains were done.  When I did plant them, I watered them well, but waited too late to check on them again, and they were both very wilted. l soaked them down and amazingly they came back!  I was flabbergasted, and determined not to do that again.

So, I watered the vinca, that looked perky, and the coreopsis, that was beginning to look wilted, again today, even though we have the chance of showers.

Also, the air is cooling off, so I will open the windows for a little while tonight. I appreciate the opportunity to have fresh air

I am sorry that we did not get rain, I am grateful we did not get severe weather.

It Rained Tonight. Sort Of

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.