Rainy Season

The weather patterns are changing here. It still gets really hot in the afternoons, but then in the evening, clouds start gathering and thunder rumbles in the distance. Then, at night, it rains. The rain cools and freshens the air, and the mornings are delightful. It will do this all summer, apparently. It doesn't usually start this early, usually it's sometime in May, but they didn't get much rain at all last year, so it's needed badly. For example, where our gardener, Leon lives, there is no water now, and there won't be until it rains enough to fill his resevoir. His family takes their dirty dishes to his mother-in-law's house to wash them, and he is bringing all the family (one baby, one toddler and two parents) laundry here to do. Also, there is no water to flush the toilet at his home. I do not know what they are doing about that. Shayne suggested they at least fill some empty five-gallon drinking water bottles with tap water, so they can have some basic hygeine. Here, Leon has set up the washing machine so the used water flows into the gardens. The roses are happy about this! Many Texans come to this part of Mexico in the summer to escape the scorching heat at home. It puts our Pacific Northwest rains into perspective, sort of.