A Summer Ssurprise

A Summer Surprise

Today in our part of Texas we woke up to a great surprise.

It was raining! It was also only 70 degrees. Unheard of in July

Now I know this would not be a surprise to many people living in parts of the USA or Canada or even in Britain but to us it definitely was a delightful surprise.

Summers in Texas can be soul destroying affairs. They start early in May and can continue until well into September with ever increasing heat until by now, in mid July. we can expect days and days of 100 degree temperatures. That means the temperature will go up to at least 100 degrees and sometimes even further. During that time it rarely drops below 80 degrees at night too so we get more and more lethargic as the year progresses and we wait for Fall to arrive for relief.

Our yard doesn't look like this often in the Summer

Here we have very little rain in the Summer and usually what we get is either a fleeting shower which won't even wet the pavement before it dries up or else a storm.This might  bring with it fierce lightning and a downpour that last about 20 minutes but comes so fast and heavy the rain has no time to sink into the ground to do any good.

So you can see what a surprise it was this morning and what welcome relief from Summer as well. We know it won't last much longer than mid week but it gives us a break and we sure appreciate it!!

If this is what our summers will give us in this new climate change, I'll certainly go for it.!