Wild weather

Today was supposed to be this year's first nightmare-heat day, with temperatures reaching almost 100 degrees. I'm not sure exactly how bad the afternoon was -- I was indoors most of the day -- but on the whole it hasn't seemed that hot.

A few minutes ago it started raining, hard. And there's almost continuous thunder.

No doubt there will be nightmare days to come -- this is the alien season, after all. But for now, I rejoice in the rain -- as I'm sure the huge trees that present such a soothing view from the bedroom window of my new home are, in their own way, doing too.