RAIN? FOR 6 STRAIGHT DAYS? IN ARIZONA?

That's what the prognosticators are telling us. Where's Al Gore when you need him? I'm sure he could give a reason. Global wetting? Or maybe he invented rain in January in the desert.

Since we only received 3 inches of rain all last year--a number I still refute. I know we got more than that at our house, thank heavens. But we're supposed to get 5 inches this week. Another number I'll have to see to believe. For some reason when rain clouds approach the valley and the dryness, they dissipate or disappear or dry up or totally ignore.

I don't complain abut the rain. We desperately crave it. What I dislike is a gray cloudy steel curtain day with no precip. I remember months of those in SoIL. But I'm told we have sunshine 330 days, so I know I'm where I'm supposed to be. Though when I visit places like Virgin Gorda or St. Barth's, I think I'm a bit of an island boy, too.

Oh, well. I'll just batten down the hatches, although I'll have to examine our house closely to try and find even one hatch. Then I'll have to figure out what and how to batten. But I'll get through this rainy spell. At least I won't have to shovel rain.