It was a Frog Strangler

With over a week without any rain, we were really needing some. The lawn was beginning to look a little brown and more birds were visiting our bird bath. After a weekend of beautiful weather--not too hot with a nice breeze--the clouds gathered today and it rained. A lot. You can't really see the numbers on the rain gauge, but that's a little over 3 inches of rain. In two hours! Jason and I met a friend for lunch this afternoon and while we were out, it poured the rain. People were pulling off the interstate it was raining so hard. After lunch and a couple of errands we came home to find this:

The rain was hard on our tomatoes. The two tallest plants were affected the most by the down pour. The Early Girl tomatoes were completely on their sides. We're planning to give them a day to try to perk up on their own. They should make it, plants are resilient. Thank goodness! Jason sometimes calls me Miss Brown Thumb. I'm working to overcome that nickname. I suppose this garden will vindicate one of us.