I’m not sure that the weather honchos are confirming it yet as the actual monsoon season, but we are in a pattern of frequent afternoon thundershowers. Yesterday in a late afternoon storm we received just short of another 2/10s inch of rain. Right now it has clouded up and cooled down; breezes are intermittently up and we’re hearing thunder. So we have a good chance for more precipitation.
Bees! I know the Russian sage is not a native, but the bees sure love it. They also love the fernbush, which is a native. So our garden is quite noisy now. The birds also are loud, especially in the mornings. A spotted towhee let out a couple of bellows yesterday outside the nook and almost deafened me. The lesser goldfinches, who love eating the petals of the chocolate flower, have a chirping volume way out of proportion to their body size.
So, despite the advertisements, it’s noisy here, but in a good way.
Ah, there goes the rain now.
Update: and the rain stopped in 10 minutes. Well, maybe later...