MORE Rain Overnight

 Fairly heavy rain but no hail where I live. Cool temps and then mild temps right into June and rain chances linger and linger. This is going to be a strange summer. We've already had three inches of rain for the month. And I sure hope a lot of this precipitation is recharging Lake Meredith and Lake Alan Henry. That would delay a bit the day of doom. Meanwhile, we enjoy cool rain-freshened mornings. I thought I'd never experience such things again. I'm enjoying the heck out of all this.

I've just noticed that the Blogger interface has changed and improved a little bit. Interesting. Seems quicker. I guess I like that change!

Yet More Rain

 I'm not complaining, although areas all around us were battered with hail up to "softball" size, and damaging winds and flooding rain. We dodged those bullets. Or, they missed us. More rain chances tonight but I hope less severe weather. This is an amazing month we are having. It must be El Nino. Nothing else has changed. That I know of... Rarely do you see Lubbock so green. Soil moisture might actually be adequate for good cotton crops. I noticed that playa lakes around town are full, or close to it. That is wonderful to see. 

I took these when the jungle was in an early stage, before all the rain. It's appropriate now to put up some green things. 

It Keeps On Raining!

 This is a great way to start summer, and rain is possible right into Memorial Day. Terrific outside last evening! Phenomenal growth in my gardens! No hail yet. Sooner or later...

I continue to eschew the superfluous. I continue to strive for simplicity. 

More Terrific Rain!

 Very nice shower we had overnight, and no hail! If this keeps up the drought here might get a dent in it. Rain chances continue all week, and temperatures will not be uncomfortable. I sure can't complain about the weather right now. We go from eating dirt to this in a matter of a month or so. Why, July 4th might be a total rain out, as it was in 2010! That would be terrific, but let's take this a day at a time. 

Pros And Cons

 There are pros and cons of course, to living in Lubbock. It could be worse. Sometimes I'm more annoyed by the cons than pleased by the pros, and vice-versa. Lubbock's conservatism is annoying. There are too many people who have enlisted in particularly stiff-necked and fundamentalist religious cults. Nobody needs ignorance and bigotry. But if you can get past that obnoxious bullshit it's not so bad. I do my best to tune it out. The climate can be rough but it's much worse farther north and if you go south you are sweltering in high humidity and in general there are few places on the planet that really have a very congenial climate, and there will be fewer of those as time goes on. I think I'll try to focus on the positive! By golly, it's another nice morning! My private jungle is greening up nicely! I've got me a damned fine cup of coffee! I took care recently of some long-neglected business! I have pretty much got my ducks in a row! And so on. 

Life really is like a box of Choke-A-Lots! Sometimes you choke a little, sometimes you choke a lot, and someday you'll choke to death. Yee-HAW! What a grand and glorious thing is this thing called "life"!