Rain. . .at last!

We have had some extremely humid and hot days this past month. Three times we had a tantalizing, five-minute drizzle that didn't qualify for a real rain nor cool anything off. But this afternoon is making up for that. Our grass, which has been brown and brittle for months, should revive and I'm hoping our orange trees will uncurl their leaves. 

Today's storm began as the worst dust storm I've ever seen. The clouds were brown, the wind strong, and dust billowed across the city. John got caught in it on his motorcycle (thank God for safety!) and came home with grit in his teeth. Our house got caught in it, too, and wears a film of dust over everything just in time for our guests coming in tomorrow morning. (Thank God for my cleaning lady!)

But then came the glorious rain --our first since November!
  

(Gotta love that snorkeling photobomber. Berries had rolled down the drive and he was using his snorkel to help the imaginary people on his plastic boat find them. They were fish, see, and the water was brown. It makes perfect sense.)