We bring you pictures of a rare and precious commodity here on my corner of Katy. Click to enlarge and take a closer look at the petals of this Abelmoschus.
When the storms had passed and I ventured outside to check on things, I was gobsmacked, as our British friends say, by the number of dragonflies that were dashing about the garden. I've never seen that many in my garden at once! They were so active that I knew it would be impossible to get a photograph of any of them ... it only now occurs to me that I could have taken a video. Next time, perhaps.
The rain was a blessed and welcome treat on what I thought would be another hot and dry summer Sunday afternoon. We had some pretty impressive thunder and lightning going on for an hour or so, and some fairly strong gusts of wind when the storm first rolled in. As far as how much rain we actually got, I would guess less than an inch. It's nowhere near enough to make up the deficit but we'll take whatever Mother Nature gives us at this point. Should she choose to send more, the Head Gardener will be positively giddy and may have to be restrained from cavorting about wildly. The media will not be alerted as she does not wish photographs of her unseemly behavior to be bandied about. Give her a rhubarb Bellini (or any Bellini for that matter), and that could change!
Raindrops were falling on my head out front ...
Raindrops were falling on my head out back ...
and raindrops were falling on my head out in the driveway!
When the storms had passed and I ventured outside to check on things, I was gobsmacked, as our British friends say, by the number of dragonflies that were dashing about the garden. I've never seen that many in my garden at once! They were so active that I knew it would be impossible to get a photograph of any of them ... it only now occurs to me that I could have taken a video. Next time, perhaps.
The rain was a blessed and welcome treat on what I thought would be another hot and dry summer Sunday afternoon. We had some pretty impressive thunder and lightning going on for an hour or so, and some fairly strong gusts of wind when the storm first rolled in. As far as how much rain we actually got, I would guess less than an inch. It's nowhere near enough to make up the deficit but we'll take whatever Mother Nature gives us at this point. Should she choose to send more, the Head Gardener will be positively giddy and may have to be restrained from cavorting about wildly. The media will not be alerted as she does not wish photographs of her unseemly behavior to be bandied about. Give her a rhubarb Bellini (or any Bellini for that matter), and that could change!
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