Here’s our yard on July 1, 2009 at the beginning of summer for this was just about the last day it rained or threatened too. It had been a very nice spring with lots of rain. Cloudy skies with a bright sun behind the overcast doesn't make for nice photographs. And yeah, there are some ugly views from our house like this set of power lines up on the mountain above us with a lime pit behind.

But, I love dark, threatening skies...

Nebo peak is in the background of one of these; the rest pan around the valley north, west and south. It stayed really green until late this year.

Now, here's a demonstration of Julene's green thumb. All this garden beauty that surrounds our house is her doing. It's even rare that I get involved although I do try to help out by fixing something, wiring up a trellis, etc.