Wow, it rained

And here I thought your territory was lush and green.

@rebelann No by August the grass will be dry and turn yellow. Our next rain is not due for a week.

Is a week too long @BelleStarr ?

I'll bet that freshened the air. July is the month when this desert gets most of its rain, this year it would seem it will rain at least every other day but only a little. Right now it is too humid for me, I keep getting sticky even if I take a shower ..... oh well, that's life, right?

I can't imagine what your idea of nice and breezy is @LadyDuck but I think I would be wearing a jacket if I were there.

@rebelann It rains but it's not humid because we have a nice breeze every day. I like this rain, I do not have to water my veggies.

@rebelann Oh yes, PLEASE send a storm or two out our way!! We need it! Our big tree out front shades the house in the afternoon - we definitely keep up that one. The citrus needs to be watered - we want to keep our edibles. The non-fruit bearing tree was saved earlier in the year . . . and thank goodness it is thriving again as we are watering it better now . . . it blocks the view between us and the neighbor's door on the side (which they use as the front door), so we NEED that tree .

Yep, those trees are essential @much2say just think of all the clean oxygen they provide, another really good reason to promote trees. I hope you've gotten some rain by now.

Yep, a whole 10 minutes of storm .... if we get more I'll send some your way. I just give a little water to the roots of my trees every day but they are essential for shade so I am a little generous with them

I water what few plants and trees I have as rain here is scarce

@rebelann I think it's been an unusually dry summer all over

Not here @Marilynda1225 we had a 10 year drought from 2007 to 2016, in 2017 we got more rain than usual and this year seems to be a normal or maybe better than normal year. Deserts aren't like the lush areas where there are meadows and forests, here the plants are naturally designed to absorb moisture from the air when it's available and if there is no moisture the plants in my desert will look dry with only the roots still living.

I always thought WI was lush and green @just4him here it's normal to be brown and dry.

I'm used to plants turning brown, it's what desert plants to when there's no moisture but the minute there are clouds to give us a little humidity they start to green up.

@rebelann Here too. I should see some greening of the lawns again because we got rain today.

Oh my, I hope that tropical storm does not give you too much rain. July is our rainy month too but we seldom get as much as you do.

I agree @Jessabuma I'd hate for it to flood here, it would kill a lot of the desert plants.

@rebelann ohh that's good for you..

@rebelann We have gotten a bit of rain, but I don't think it was really enough.

Same here @dodo19 I still have to water the trees because the little bit of rain we have gotten isn't enough considering how hot it gets.

I hope you will get some rain soon. I also hope it will rain some more here, it has been too dry lately.

Thank you, a little is better than nothing and I am grateful for it.

Dad was born in Quitman TX, Wood county back in 1921 and he'd tell us about the scary thunderstorms they'd get back then with all the rain .... oh, and tornados .... It was always so green there, isn't it still kinda like that?

It's what you are used to, if you don't get hot weather often then it is probably hard to put up with.

I prefer to nap when it's hot @Mike197602 I can't imagine having to work in a hot kitchen

@rebelann I work in a kitchen so the hot weather makes work very hard as it's so exhausting working in the heat.

That is what they call it here as well. I hope you do not get too much rain but enough to help your region.

I hope you get enough to help but not so much that it floods.

Thank you, I am glad it rained there, I hope you do not get too much rain though.