We were promised rain this week. One article in the Los Angeles Times mentioned the possibility of one to four inches of the wet stuff. I didn't expect anything on the upper end of that range but I was hoping for a good soak. Thus far, it hasn't amounted to much. In my part of the county, we spent yesterday enfolded in a cloud. It was damp but, during the course of the day, we picked up just 0.12/inch of rain.
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| The photo on the left shows the view from my back garden on Sunday. The view on the right from the same vantage point was taken yesterday and the scene this morning is very much the same. |
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| The front garden |
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| This photo of the garden on the north side showed off the leaves forming on the persimmon tree in the background |
The garden still holds surprises, though.
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| For the first time ever, one of my Acacia cognata 'Cousin Itt' shrubs has flowers! I'd read that they flower but I'd literally never seen them in a photo, much less in person until now. I've got seven of these shrubs. The first of these were planted in 2012. The one that's flowering now was planted in 2014. |
I see this as proof that Mother Nature is capable of surprises. The local weather forecast still holds out the prospect of rain in drips and drabs into early next week. We'll see what happens.
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