She's here!

As I write this post I hear the sounds of an aluminum water bowl being bounced across the kitchen floor.

The baby has arrived.

Little Lily came home to live with us on the 26th of July and life in our household hasn't been the same since. Every day is filled with laughter at the antics of a 9-week-old pup that knows no fear. We are striving to meet the 100 puppy kisses minimum quota our friend Allyson said are required.

I am beginning to suspect that she may be too smart for her own good. The reason I hear the water bowl is because it is empty and Lily wants us to know that it is empty and she wasn't done yet.

Poor water bowl, not even a month old and already dents are appearing from crash landings. I can't wait to see what happens when she turns 10 weeks and has picked up the additional 'steam' from gaining a couple more puppy pounds.

I'll try to limit adorable pup pictures since this is a rain garden blog but had to announce that we are the parents of a bouncing baby girl.

It finally rained!

July in Durham North Carolina was very dry. Week after week passed without so much as a drop of rain. Temperatures in the 90's baked everything in the plant kingdom.

Oddly enough, the one area of our yard that didn't turn brown was the grass that edged the rain garden. It would appear that the soil in this area remained moist from constant osmosis of rain water from the rain garden.

Fortunately it rained all night on Wednesday, the 5th of August, to the tune of 1 1/2 inches of rain. Our landscape plants have all perked up and the rest of the lawn area has returned to a green color, although not as lush as that patch around the rain garden.