Rain today

   We have an unusual (for this time of year) rainy day today.    This is good news and it will wet the hills and reduce the fire risk which is normally greatest around this time of year.  In normal years, we have wildfires first, and then rain that washes the soil off the burned areas, which really is a bad situation.  The rain today should wet the dry vegetation enough to keep it from burning for a few weeks, and then we will, with God's grace, enter the normal rainy season.
   Pictures of new blooms after the rain.

New Zealand: Fragrance !!!

Princesse de Monaco:  Fragrance !