Stuff that's Happened Lately

The mower sits as dormant as the grass.

The rain barrels have long been empty.  The squash plants are wilted.

  Finally.  A glimmer of moist hope.

Meanwhile, the humming birds are unconcerned for sugar water is not rain dependent.

There was an incident in the night a few weeks ago.  The power went out and the top of the electric power pole was on fire.  While guys in a firetruck watched, utility workers put the fire out and restored power.  Then a couple days ago, power men in multiple trucks appeared.  They cut off the charred part of the old pole and put a nice new pole next to it.   They added more lines for "communication".

Communication with what or with whom has not been explained.  What we need is a little irrigation to cultivate a suitable conspiracy theory.