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Rain, Rain Go Away?

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I’ve lost track of how many weeks of rain we’ve had in the desert. If I were to guess, I’d say we’re on week four. It doesn’t rain every single day. But three to four days per week. This post has a few photos and videos of clouds and rain from my iphone.

I took photos last week of how green the desert is because of the rain HERE.

A rainy day earlier this week.

This week, not only did we get two inches of rain, Flagstaff had tornadoes and Prescott had two-inch balls of hail!

Once we were driving up to Flagstaff to celebrate our anniversary and we got caught in a hail storm. It was terrifying because we couldn’t see anything and golf-ball sized hail pounded on our car. I’ll be honest, I was terrified and completely lost it. My husband drove slowly behind a semi truck, following his lights. We were on a highway that off the right shoulder was a cliff. We stuck to the left lane against the mountain. When we got to Flagstaff we got out of the car to discover it was dented from chrome front bumper to rear bumper and every bit of surface in between

I saw these clouds on a morning walk. I got back safely inside the house before a large crack of thunder and a downpour!

At least the crocs are enjoying the rain! I have to say, I am too. It’s exciting weather with thunder lightning and downpours.

Another thing I like about rain in the desert is the aroma afterward of creosote. The word for the smell after a rain is called petrichor.

What kind of weather are you having now?

What are your weekend plans?

After the rain

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I woke up to thunder. The sky was dark and ominous. While writing my morning pages in my journal, there was a cloud burst and rain. My husband and I both ended up in the backyard. He left through the kitchen door, and I went out the bedroom slider, but we ended up together to experience rain.

It was a short-lived rainfall, but then there was that wonderful smell. There’s a word for it:

Petrichor: The distinctive scent which accompanies the first rain after a long warm dry spell.

I wrote about petrichor when I first discovered the word a few years ago. I wrote about it HERE

After a rain where we live there is a rich deep smell from creosote. Every region must have its own distinct petrichor, depending on plant life.

I took a look at what I wrote (link above) and what hit me was how many of the bloggers who I enjoyed reading and interacting with no longer are around. I clicked on their names and to read “page not found” or blogs with no new entries since 2021.

Do you find bloggers you followed have disappeared? Do you think it’s a coincidence it happened through the shutdown years?

Do you think that we should give our readers a warning if we stop blogging? Why or why not?

Moments after the rain.