Close But No Salami

We almost had rain this afternoon. You could see it, you could smell it, you could FEEL it. There was thunder rumbling, lightning flashing, and an old dog whining, but NO rain. Boo, hiss! It shouldn't surprise me seeing as it's May and in the desert it NEVER rains in May (it never rains in June either). I still have this back East mentality that when it thunders, rain is to follow shortly behind. Ha ha, the jokes on me! Mother Nature has a cruel sense of humor out here, we have probably seen the last rain until after the 4th of July.

Anyway, two pictures of what might have been : (