Foggy pond

Officially, we're still in the "moderate drought" category, but we had some rain today, and while it probably isn't enough to lift us out of the tan into the yellow, the US Drought Monitor's visual shorthand for "abnormally dry," at least we're heading in the right direction. Maybe the ridge won't wind up as the Dust Bowl yet. It still is weird that forecast storms seem to regularly miss us, and the entire area has become the edge of rain events rather than the epicenter. Whatever the cause of what is now at least a three-year-pattern, the rain was welcome. When the system finally departed late in the afternoon, it left fog in its wake. That softened the dryness and the high humidity held the moisture we were blessed with. It also made for a fine photo op when I finally got out to walk.