Tucson Monsoon - July 2013
Last week we had a Tucson monsoon. I was working at the hospital. When I came out of the hospital the monsoon was over, and only the puddles remained. While driving home I saw two large trees were knocked completely over by the road near my house. When I got home I was surprised to see this. This bush was perfectly healthy before the monsoon. It grows like a weed, and looked great in the front yard (with the emphasis on the past tense). Jami thinks it may have been hit by lightning. Maybe it was just the wind, I don’t know. I already lost a tree in the front yard (that was dead before we moved in), and the bush in the background has seen better days (lost some branches due to underwatering). I didn’t want to lose another plant on my watch. So I got resourceful like MacGyver. I got out my always faithful rope, and asked Jami to come outside and help me. She said, “You’re not going to tie that bush bac...