Remnants of a thunderstorm that hammered us with 0.41 inches of rain in 30 minutes yesterday afternoon. So far we have received 0.82 inches of rain this July. That is exactly 0.82 inches more rain than we got last July.
Sunday’s Sunrise
Holy Pholage of Silver and Sasha. “100% Guaranteed Performance”
Lonesome Sunflower
Glenda
Sunset
Off Center & Not Even 
Wow, that’s a lot of rain!
For here it is. Right after I posted, a thunderstorm blew in. 0.45 inches of rain out of it so far. Thanks, Leenda.
Wow! We most likely won’t get any rain till Nov, at the earliest.
You have a Mediterranean climate with generally wet winters and dry summers. We have monsoon season in the summertime with afternoon rains in normal years. These afternoon rains are more like normal after years of little rain all year.
love that sunset photo; sometimes I feel like that lonesome sunflower 🙂
I can identify with it, too. The other sunflowers are growing up in groups.
aahhh they’re very wise sunflowers; we were not meant to live alone, except monks perhaps and nuns — but there’s not many of those left
“All the lonely people. Where do they all come from?” A good question back when the Beatles posed it. Probably more pertinent today in the age of social media, texting, and easy butt-dialing.
Well a little more rain is something. Those eyes on your fur babies and the green in the sunflower is gorgeous and your sunset goes without saying…. AMAZING💕
Thanks, Cindy.
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Impressive clouds. The sunflowers will probabably grow higher than ever, with that amount of rain.
Glenda was obvi not to be outdone.
That’s for sure. Thanks, Shey.
I always think of rain as a huge blessing. We get so little here. The pink cloud picture is beautiful.
Lots of rain and the land was happy to get it.
Love that sunset and kitties!
Thanks, Nancy.
I’m drawn to the cloudy sunset.
Thanks, Liz.
You’re welcome, Tim.
The cats all look contemplative. Waiting for the cheese dish?
I am glad you got rain, though it is always nice to have it spread out a little and not all at once. Those skies are gorgeous, and I love the play of sunlight shining through the sunflower leaves. Was that one a self-seeded plant or a an intentional one? We get some self seeded ones some years that come up in odd places.
Thanks, Lavinia. It’s a volunteer sunflower. After I posted last night, we got another downpour that delivered .55 inches of rain.
We got a few sprinkles yesterday morning. Heard thunder in the distance. Overcast again today.
Sunny at the moment. We may get another thunderstorm this afternoon.
That my actually be termed a deluge of water, wow. Did you have to pay extra for Silver and Sasha’s 100% guarantee? … I need to check to see if that option is available for our poodles!
Ree guarantee. Got a deluge of half an inch last night. A lot for here. Thanks, Brian.
Crazy amount of rain. I hope it doesn’t flood.
Actually we had flooding and power outages last week. Our basement flooded.
Anyway, Silver and Sasha look 100% hilarious in the boxes.
Glenda grew up gorgeous! xo
I’m sorry to hear that, Resa. It makes so much extra work. Big hugs to you.
Hugs!!!
A flooded basement is no good. So sorry to hear that. I hope you didn’t have anything important in the basement. There is no flooding here. We have so much mulch and foliage on the property the water doesn’t pond. When we irrigate, it’s controlled flooding. Thanks, Resa.
Nothing important, but there was some sewage involved with the overrun rain water.
SO, we had to bleach all of the floors, and lower part of the walls. It was a few inches.
That sounds awful.
Yes!
This city is poorly planned. They build high rise condos faster than they can fix and accommodate infrastructure.
3rd worst city in the world for traffic.
When I went to the cat shelter, a used to be 40 minute trip took 1.5 hours. On the way home in rush hour it took 2.5 hours.
Way too much time in traffic. Good thing you don’t have to commute.
Agree! It’s one of the reasons I don’t want to go back to working in film.
Locations, driving…last show I did the shopper I hired made a day’s film wage and all she bought was a shirt. I needed a double on an existing one.
By the time she did her deal memo and got her instructions on set, drove to the store in Toronto where it was on hold and drove back to set with it, it was time to cash out.
A $100.00 shirt wound up costing $400.00. The hourly rate went up since covid.
The Designer is on the hook for the budget!
That really bites. I’m trying to figure out what went so whacky with the puffed wheat we use for Laurie’s power pars after covid. Before covid a box of 12 6 oz bags cost $24. The most recent box of 12 I got was $84. Single 6 oz bags are $15. That is such an outlier from normal inflation.
Puffed wheat?
I grew up poor, and that was one of our affordable breakfasts.
That is an outlier of inflation. Disgusting corporate gouging, as the wheat harvests have been healthy.
It’s really strange because puffed rice and other grains are still reasonably priced.
That is strange.
Wonderful cloud-scapes and fantastic felines, Tim. You made me smile. Silver’s expression just slayed me.
We’re actually getting a light rain right now. Meanwhile those poor people not very far away in Ruidoso are getting hammered again. The rain barely grazes us, but devastates them. The houses that didn’t burn are being washed away. I can’t help feeling awful for them. Anyhow, your post helps restore my mental balance, so thank you. Hugs.
You are in a rain shadow. We have a two-sided rain shadow—the Sandias to the east and the Continental Divide to the west. If storms come down the valley from the north or up the valley from the south, then we get really hammered. Thanks, Teagan.
I had not heard “rain shadow” before, by I can see how that would be the case. Have a good night. 🌃
Do you remember the song, “I’m being followed by a rain shadow?” Oh! Wait. I think it was a Moon Shadow. Never mind.
Beautiful skies and cats. Can’t ask for more than that.
True. Thanks, Gigi.
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Loving your kitties and skies … your garden must love that rain
Thanks, Julie.