Another Miss

Here's a shot of the planter, finally rebuilt out in the new deck extension. It's not exactly a perfect rectangle like it used to be, but I did what I could with the wood I had left from the original.

My older jujube tree is showing promise, with humidity and deep watering, it's setting fruit on many of the branches. We'll see whether it holds them to maturity, when the monsoon is gone next month and the temps start to go up again.

Last night we missed out on the rain... again. Here you can see it coming in from three directions, forming a horseshoe around the heat island that is the Phoenix metro area.

By about 10 pm last night, it closed in completely around us. Lightning in four directions, but overhead I could see stars and scattered clouds. We had lots of wind, but no rain to speak of. Downtown had close to half an inch, and up at Saguaro Lake they had over two inches. We weren't the only ones to miss out, however, the west valley also didn't see anything.