Not A Moment Too Soon

A couple of quick yard pictures. Our cardinal vines are still growing, although their days may be numbered with cooler temps on the horizon. The largest one is now sending out feelers, trying to attach itself to whatever it can find nearby. I love the shapes of these leaves.

Here's my freebie plant that came up on it's own, covered in blooms.

In anticipation of the four to five days worth of rain they're forecasting later this week, I've rearranged my rain barrels. I've installed two 55-gallon barrels that my parents picked up for me while they were here, and have decided to use a 30 gallon barrel previously used for storing bird seed for overflow.

My four 33 gallon barrels are now lined up under the eaves by Brenna's bedroom window, to catch whatever comes off the side of the house there. A total of approximately 260 gallons worth of storage.

Fall(?)

Our house plant that bloomed for the first time that I can remember back in the spring has done it again. Dracanea something or other is what this thing is called, and the perfume/odor that's emanating from it is almost overpowering. I got lucky tonight and got a decent picture of it.

Although it was 84 today, the yard is changing color, including the creeping trumpet, and jujubees. The pomegranates, not pictured, are still changing golden yellow, I'll upload some shots of them once they've reached their peak.

Something New... For You

A few new yard pictures.

The first is a monkey face plant, forget the scientific name, but does it really matter? Pretty cool plant, it won't survive a minute over 100 degrees in the yard, so it'll become a houseplant come May.

I had to cut this shamrock to the ground, but it's coming back now that it's back in a sunny window.

The perennial favorite that I can't spell, the bougainvillea (thank you spell checker).

Missed Us By That Much

We had our best chance for rain in over 45 days today, and it missed us just to the east. We had enough rain to get the ground wet, but the thunderstorm cell below in the red just missed us.

Here's a picture of some hail they got out in the west valley. Lots of rain out east, and they're forecasting anywhere from 3-6 inches of snow in the higher terain.