The promised rain arrived today, but it didn’t amount to much. Most of the news outlets are recording it in fractions. San Jose’s International airport recorded a trace.
We were home most of the morning but ran errands around 2. The seagulls pictured below flew inland during the storm, so I snapped a pic. Perhaps I’m presumptuous and the seagulls bank at Chase?
It’s all I’ve got as proof that a small amount of rain fell to the ground. Yawn.
I recorded a short video of the front garden with my phone. It’s looking pretty under the grey skies.
Here are a few other pictures from the garden this week:
I hung these thrift-store mirrors on the fence two years ago to fill the space and reflect the garden. Something self-seeded (or returned) in front of the fence, and the plant is now taller than the mirrors. It requires further investigation, but what a surprise.
I hope you’ve had a good weekend.
Gardening Nirvana 
Sorry your rain day didn’t amount to much. The parking lot looked good and wet. We may join in with wet weather of our own until mid week. Unfortunately, still pretty cool here, so it may also be snow. Gak! I sure wish we could have palm trees too. xK
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We are supposed to get an inch tomorrow. I hope, but doubt it.
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Did you get your rain, Cindy?
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What a shame about your rain. I loved the video, and it was especially nice to hear your voice! I am going steal your idea of the mirrors….now to find the perfect ones.
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What a shame the rain turned out to be such a disappointment. It happens to us in summer all the time here, but there is always hope!
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Sorry about the rain. Our mirrors have all come from the local dump. (Always good to see Pauline’s pic)
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are those measurements in inches or millimetres? I can never quite get my head around converting twelfths to decimal points!
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Inches. How I wish we had fully converted to the metric system years ago. We’re so backward in this regard.
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It’s lovely. I know the rain doesn’t always show up there in spite of grey clouds.
We had rain Saturday night and it’s high 60’s today but supposed to make 86 by Wed. It will be humid and sticky.
Love the mirrors.
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Ugh. Humidity is the worst, isn’t it? Did you hit that high of 86?
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Yes ma’am. Actually made 88 which I hate in April. Early May is threatening to be hot as well but you never know. My father always said, “If you want to know what the weather is, sticknyour head out the window and see.”
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I agree: 88 in April just isn’t right. We’re back to mid-seventies for the next ten days. I’ll take it! I like your father’s view on the weather. xo
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Very sorry about the rain! But gosh oh gosh do I love your gardens. Wildly creative!
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Thank you, Laurie. We’re into another ten-day dry spell, and come May, we’re not likely to get much more. April seems to have flown by, and now we’re reliably into the seventies most days.
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Oh, my!
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The rain never amounts to what they predict. I’m sorry you only got a sprinkle. Ours missed the mark too. Time to connect the hoses. ;(
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Sigh.
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I love your garden so much!! California poppies were my favorite as a girl growing up in SoCal and I do miss them. Here in Colorado we have some big white poppies that appear here and there, but not the stunning fields that I grew up with. Yawn.
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I didn’t know that you grew up in SoCal. What part? My son is in Orange studying at Chapman, and we have other family in Newport. I’m with you on the fields of poppies. They’re a stunning shade of orange, and they move gracefully in the breeze.
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I grew up in San Bernardino. 🙂 My family moved to Imperial Beach when I started high school and those years were basically spent at the beach as much as possible. I graduated from UCSD and worked in La Jolla right by the ocean until my job moved to Colorado. I still miss the ocean, but I do love the mountains and the seasons here.
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Wow! I’ve spent time in both places, so I can appreciate the differences and the love of both. My sister lived in Mission Bay for several years, and I have friends and family up and down SoCal. I’ve also been to Boulder, Denver, Winter Park, and other smaller communities in Colorado. I hope you are doing well.
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We moved from La Jolla to Boulder; smoothest transition ever. 🙂
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Love the mirrors … and the seagulls in the parking lot 🙂
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