born in a summer storm

it has threatened to storm every day since we got back from vacation, and there for a few days it was coming through with a shower every 6 hours or so. some rains were so heavy that our ceiling leaked again, some came with low thunder that lasted all night, and some that were so unexpected but welcome in the heat that we kept our game of catch going and got soaked.

not only has the rain been great to cool things down in the afternoons (we still havent turned our air on, and we're nearing a breaking point), its also making the garden go crazy. yesterday i brought in our first baby handful of grape tomatoes, and there's one roma that should be ready tomorrow. i was even more excited, though, to find cucumbers growing! they aren't even an inch long yet, but i found a 3 or 4 already. then, even MORE exciting: i went to look at the corn and found 2 tiny ears growing!