Monsoon season officially starts June 15th. Both Phoenix and Tucson got rain that day, but we here near the border got a short-lived drizzle. Our rain came a few days later.
I've been anxiously watching the radar on days we are expected any percentage of rain. The best day was today in the afternoon. It was up to 64% at one point. I stopped all activity and sat in my Ikea chair watching the storm clouds move in. The view I have of the Huachuca mountains looking west is always so impressive. Storm clouds like to linger over the peaks before moving on.
I moved the dove nest away from the shelf edge and moved it away from the open air. I didn't want the chicks to get wet. The parent dove remained resilient and stayed with the chicks.
We got ten minutes of intense rain at 4:42pm. Water puddled in the front yard before saturating the soil. Then it stopped, only to resume again a few hours later as a lingering drizzle.
It wasn't much rain in the end. I dug up some soil only to see dry sand an inch below. But it's a start. All the rain gave me in the end is a delay in getting my yard work put in the trash bin at my old lot
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