Though it is rainy, and a little gloomy today the light purple flowers still look as vibrant as ever. Smell is a tad dampened down under the rain drops, but on the breeze you can still smell it fairly easily. My only gripe is that they don’t last until later on in June. Once they bloom they begin to fade rather quickly. I’d love for ours to stick around until my wife’s birthday at least, but we don’t have irrigation here, and I don’t think my rain barrel holds enough water to keep both trees flowering for an additional two weeks time. Plus have enough left over to also water my four new fruit trees once the summer sun, and the heat moves in for weeks at a time. I’ve seen the forecast, after this weekend of rain it will be both hot, dry, and sunny for ten days straight, and who knows how long after that? Could go most of June, and July, and August without more than a couple inches of rain. That super el niño I keep reading about says we’re in for a nasty time this summer, and possibly into Nov, Dec, and January too. T-shirts and long pants in mid December around here is a big no-no. That just ain’t right! By all accounts it should be boots, coats, and snow pants weather by then.
Have a restful, and pleasant Saturday everybody.
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