We have had more rain these past couple of weeks than I can remember seeing here in all the years we've been in this state. The bayous in and around Houston have flooded over, causing major havoc in the communities there. I can only wonder what it's like in our old sub-division in Clear Lake, with the large bayou that runs down the center of that neighborhood.
As for up here in the hills, we had torrential rains last night which ended before 8:30 pm.... and then we had the most beautiful sunset. My husband went outside to take pictures, and we noticed a rainbow that arced from the sky beyond our driveway to the sky over our pond... certainly the largest rainbow I'd ever seen.
While my husband was taking pictures of the rainbow, there was lightning in the sky off in the distance, and he captured that in the same photo with the rainbow. One would think he had photo-shopped the rainbow into the lightning picture (which he could very well do) but I was out there with him on the porch so I know the rainbow/lightning photos were legitimate.
As if yesterday's rain wasn't enough, we had another rainstorm early this morning at 5:00, and for the next ten days, we have a 40% chance of afternoon thunder-showers. The ground here is already soaked through with yesterday's heavy rain, and certainly the city of Houston doesn't need another drop of rain while they're waiting for the high water levels to recede. Millions of dollars' worth of water damage has been sustained in and around the Houston area.
Translation: This is one morning that I've looked out the window and thanked my lucky stars to be up here in the Hill Country.
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