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 back together with that ghetto rope, are you?” My dear wife