Our first summer living here in the mountain valley of Crabtree, it rained nearly every day.....sheets of rain for about 30 mins. and then poof, it was over. Great....no need to water the plants and no long rainy days.
Last summer, the entire state of NC experienced a drought....and watering our new massive landscaping became a real chore. This year, everyone has high hopes that we'll be back to normal with adequate amounts of rainfall.
Early last evening we had a good old fashioned thunder storm, which aren't that common here. The lighting was so frequent, apparently hitting the ground often, it caused our telephone to ring numerous times! It lasted about 45 mins. and we got 1 1/4" of the wet stuff.
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The fog continues to march up toward our house.
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UPDATE.....after returning home to a final cup of coffee and uploading my photos....the fog has completely burned off and there's not a cloud in the bright blue sky! Such is life in the mountains!