Rain, rain, rain!

The torrential rain has returned. A few weeks back when the lightening hit the tree it had also hit a van driving on the same road with a mother and teen girls. They were pretty frightened but ok. They ran into their house as soon as they got home but their poor van still has electrical kinks. That same kind of storm has been in and out all day today. The thunder is deafening but the lightening is not nearly as dangerous as before. This is the first time I've seen Sammy come crawling over to me shaking uncontrollably. Poor Gracey has been seen for most of the day.

The mix of the heat and rain has inspired growth in all of our vegetables. We've already been able to eat fresh picked lettuce and lots of herbs. The beans have begun to flower. Our hillside garden had cucumber seeds that have now sprouted but the rain had washed some of the seeds so that we have cucumber sprouting all over the place! I love going out everyday to look at the new growth.

The flowers are doing very well but I think one of the deer didn't realize they were supposed to leave the coneflower alone. It never had a chance to bloom! They ate the top off many of the other flowers. Oh well, better luck next time. All of the plants in the front of the house are doing very well. Goldenrod and Mullein have also bloomed.