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    Travels

    More Rain in the Desert

    This post may contain affiliate links. Please see disclosure for more information. Published: Sep 9, 2014 · Modified: Mar 27, 2021 by Dee

    Hello Everyone!

    Not long ago, I shared some pictures that I took after one of our desert monsoons. Well, Phoenix just had the wettest day ever, and we broke a record with an even bigger storm, which caused flooding, road closures and even school closures. And honestly, schools are almost never closed here! Talk about happy kids! So, I thought I'd show you another random post with a few of the pictures I took.

    I made this beach sign for our pool area, and since we had our own backyard lake, this sign was very appropriate! The little bird statue on the right is almost covered with water.



    Even after it stopped raining, the water took a long time to drain. Our pool was almost overflowing, so Hubby had to let some water out, and our backyard lake was still there in the evening.

    Have you ever seen a river without water? This is normally a dry riverbed, but this is how it looks right now. The kids always ask why there are river signs when there is no water, so we like to drive by and show them that these dry beds really are rivers!


    This little lake is actually a water retention area in a housing development, and it's normally filled with grass and used as a play area. When we drove by, people were sailing model boats in the water. I love how the saguaro looks against the evening sky.


    After the last rain, the kids found a little toad in the yard and named him Hopkins. They were hoping that Hopkins would make another appearance, but the little toad hasn't been back. Maybe next time.

    Thanks for visiting -- Have a dry day!

    Dee 🙂

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    1. Dee M says

      September 13, 2014 at 4:19 pm

      This was a huge storm. We're really making up for the lack of rain last year! 🙂

      Reply
    2. Dee M says

      September 13, 2014 at 4:03 pm

      Thanks for the invite, Sue. I will be right over to join the fun! 🙂

      Reply
    3. NC Sue says

      September 13, 2014 at 3:54 pm

      What happens when "arid" turns "amazing", huh?
      Please share your photos at this week's weekly Wordless Wednesday (on Tuesday) linkup, which is here: http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2014/09/bzzz-linky.html

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    4. Vanessa says

      September 13, 2014 at 3:54 pm

      I just moved to the East Coast from Phx and I am bummed I missed this! Pictures are wonderful, really makes me miss home! Thank you for sharing...

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    5. Dee M says

      September 12, 2014 at 5:08 pm

      The only problem we really had was a soggy yard and muddy streets. They finally cleaned them up today, and driving is much easier! Glad you are fine! 🙂

      Reply
    6. Carol says

      September 12, 2014 at 5:05 pm

      We got close to 5" here in the Gilbert area. Our development already had two big lakes, but several more appeared after that deluge. I had been joking about how we must be living "Under the Dome," because none of the previous monsoon storms that had hit the valley, had left more than a sprinkle. I guess the "Dome" was lifted! Glad you didn't have any flooding disasters.

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    7. Dee M says

      September 10, 2014 at 1:33 am

      Thanks, Leilani. It's amazing how peaceful it all looks at sunset. 🙂

      Reply
    8. Dee M says

      September 10, 2014 at 1:32 am

      It rained again today, and it's amazing how quickly everything just floods -- definitely not fun to be out and about!

      Reply
    9. Leilani says

      September 10, 2014 at 1:23 am

      Love all those pictures, especially the one at the lake!

      Reply
    10. Donna Lotshaw says

      September 10, 2014 at 1:23 am

      We lived in Casa Grande up until 5.5 years ago and the last monsoon we had was pretty bad, but what they dealt with yesterday was awful. Prayers to all!

      Reply
    11. Dee M says

      September 09, 2014 at 9:21 pm

      It seems to happen every few years, and last year was super dry, so at least we're getting rain. 🙂

      Reply
    12. Leslie says

      September 09, 2014 at 9:20 pm

      Wow, that's crazy! It rained here all today and yesterday too but i'm on the East coast. I hope you guys are ok.

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