July Nature Pictures

Those of you reading internationally may not know this, but the United States has been suffering from a terrible drought this summer. Temperature highs have set records, and there has been hardly any rain across the country.

In the whole month of July we’ve had 3 days of rain. On Wednesday July 18^th, we had a thunderstorm and delightfully steady rain. We were so thankful to finally have water! I couldn’t resist going out afterward to smell the freshness and snap some photos of the still-wet flowers and leaves.

Mom planted a pot of begonias that are blossoming beautifully in one of our gardens.

It was so good to see rain dripping from the leaves. How I’ve missed the sound of rain on the roof!

“Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone.” Zechariah 10:1

The zinnias I planted in my garden are finally blooming! They really brighten up the garden with their colorful heads.

Moss growing on a wet tree. Until next month!