The monsoon arrived three weeks ago, with humidity but no rain for us. The pincushion (Mammalaria) cactus bloomed a couple of days after the first rains,
and it rained a lot, all around us, but the central part of Tucson was all but dry. Till yesterday, when a pair of storms, about fifteen minutes apart, brought us buckets of rain and impressive lightning and thunder.
The rain gauge read 2.75 inches by the time it was over—the most we’ve ever had at this house.
The back yard turned into a lake.
After the rain a beautiful rainbow formed over the houses across the street to the south:
With a saguaro at the end of the rainbow:
How serendipitous! And I bet you could just hear the saguaro soaking up that rain like a sponge.
ReplyDeleteSLUUUUUURRRRRRRP!
DeleteCheck for the pot of gold. Truly that rain was delicious.
ReplyDeleteI think the rain was worth its weight in gold, so that is probably the treasure.
DeleteAmen to that! 2.75 inches???! Wow!
DeleteWe got a great rain today (Monday) as well! What a relief!
-Carol
I'm glad your part of town got rain too. I was feeling selfish. ;-)
DeleteSo wonderful. Maybe it is heading this way.
ReplyDeleteThere's supposed to be more rain on the coming weekend. Don't know where it will go, though.
DeleteI heard thunder and pretended not to, heard rain and pretended nothing was happening. Half an inch. Hurray, much better than nothing! s
ReplyDeleteYay! 1/2 inch is some real rain!
DeletePuddles! Another 1.4. Oh happiness! S
ReplyDeleteWow, adding in the half inch you're almost up to two inches!
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