“Water, Water, Everywhere…”
It’s been a rough week and one for the record books here in the “Sonoran Desert”, Phoenix Arizona… This week, at least year to date… We’ve already received more rain then in all of 2009! [According to one published report]
Rain is good! It makes things grow…
[Well maybe not for the weeds]
The winds from these last storms, I could have done without.
The grapefruit tree in the backyard is half-naked, having been stripped of a lot of its leaves. Fortunately all the other trees, shrubs and cacti are still standing. Not the case in the entire neighborhood… Trees are down, debris is everywhere and the small pond in the backyard is a nice new touch to the landscape.
An early report on one of the local stations stated the possibility of a tornado having touched down, just a moderate distance from here.
A later report stated, that a tornado had not touched down.
Nice thing about the weather reports…
If you don’t like what you’re hearing, change the channel.
According to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix...
[A great place to visit]
The rains in January usually indicate what the Wild Flower population of the Sonoran Desert will be in the spring. Light rain = Slight blooms, Heavy rain = Abundant blooms.
This year, the desert should be awash in color!
“…But not a drop to drink.”
Gilbert water, from the faucet does have some local notoriety.
Its legendary properties are known in Mesa and Tempe, two cities that border the town.
[I was clueless to the tap water issue when I relocated here]
Straight from the tap, there are days it smells as if you’ve tapped into the neighbor’s swimming pool, others like someone is doing a bleach wash…
It’s the only faucet water I’ve encountered that dissolves terra cotta flowerpots, erodes metal and can etch through stainless steel.
Thank goodness for bottled water and faucet filters!
Spring is but a few [long] weeks away…
So here’s to Mother Nature…
You’ve been at it longer then I have; I’m anticipating this spring’s showcase!
It’s the only time of year here, that "sand or dust" are not the predominate colors.
“The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.” Author Unknown
It’s been a rough week and one for the record books here in the “Sonoran Desert”, Phoenix Arizona… This week, at least year to date… We’ve already received more rain then in all of 2009! [According to one published report]
Rain is good! It makes things grow…
[Well maybe not for the weeds]
The winds from these last storms, I could have done without.
The grapefruit tree in the backyard is half-naked, having been stripped of a lot of its leaves. Fortunately all the other trees, shrubs and cacti are still standing. Not the case in the entire neighborhood… Trees are down, debris is everywhere and the small pond in the backyard is a nice new touch to the landscape.
An early report on one of the local stations stated the possibility of a tornado having touched down, just a moderate distance from here.
A later report stated, that a tornado had not touched down.
Nice thing about the weather reports…
If you don’t like what you’re hearing, change the channel.
According to the Desert Botanical Gardens in Phoenix...
[A great place to visit]
The rains in January usually indicate what the Wild Flower population of the Sonoran Desert will be in the spring. Light rain = Slight blooms, Heavy rain = Abundant blooms.
This year, the desert should be awash in color!
“…But not a drop to drink.”
Gilbert water, from the faucet does have some local notoriety.
Its legendary properties are known in Mesa and Tempe, two cities that border the town.
[I was clueless to the tap water issue when I relocated here]
Straight from the tap, there are days it smells as if you’ve tapped into the neighbor’s swimming pool, others like someone is doing a bleach wash…
It’s the only faucet water I’ve encountered that dissolves terra cotta flowerpots, erodes metal and can etch through stainless steel.
Thank goodness for bottled water and faucet filters!
Spring is but a few [long] weeks away…
So here’s to Mother Nature…
You’ve been at it longer then I have; I’m anticipating this spring’s showcase!
It’s the only time of year here, that "sand or dust" are not the predominate colors.
“The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.” Author Unknown
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