And Then It Rained Some More!

It started to rain again last night and rained off and on all during the night. It was raining pretty hard on our way to church this morning. I had to chuckle as I pulled an umbrella out of the cupboard that the Phoenix convention bureau had given me (and other members of the Executive Board) last year when they were trying to convince us to have our Biennial Meeting in Phoenix in 2013. It reads on the inside: "If you lived in Phoenix, you wouldn't need to be using this!"

The rain slacked off a bit this afternoon and we went for a walk after watching the disappointing outcome of the Canada vs USA gold medal hockey game (US lost 2-3 in overtime). This feisty little guy was very gamely protecting his territory and scared off at least two contenders as we walked along. He's a male Anna's and if the sunlight catches his feathers just right, the black on his head and chest is a brilliant iridescent red.




This is the formerly dry wash that runs along the back of the mobile home park!




As we drove home from church this morning we saw that many of the man-made catch basins were also full of water. As I write this, it has again begun to rain...