We Need Half an Inch

You know you're getting old when you start measuring rainfall and it means something to you.
One more half inch of rain and this will be San Antonio's wettest March on record.
Between the showers when the sun comes out, the new growth, budding trees, shrubs and plants are verdant and beautiful.
The Edwards aquifer that serves our community's water needs is getting very full. That means no rationing this summer, when the heat shivers off the streets and yards turn brown after one day without water.
I planted a bunch of flowers and herbs over the weekend and it was fun to watch the rain pelting them, fusing their soil with the soil they were planted in and getting them used to their new homes right away.
Here's a nursery we visited last weekend. It really got me in the mood for spring.