You know, the wind has not been bad this spring. That helps tremendously, as well. If we can get some moderate rains and a reasonable amount of wind this might be the beginning of the end. We're all trying to be hopeful!

There was an article in the local paper this morning about how the record rainfall in May was enough to more than double the irrigation water supply, and the guys will now get a full year's allocation instead of the original estimate of 40%.

Not that anyone needs any irrigation, what with all the rain.

I put in a paver patio 6 years ago, west side of house not covered, no tree shade. There is more than a little bit of moss growing in a few cracks, and I see the precip forecast looks delugey, what with the moisture from the hurricane hanging around. Huh??? We're on the side of a hill so no standing water, but soil still saturated. This is Colo, right? :o\

It is wonderful that our drought conditions are much reduced, but this spring seems to prove the old adage that you can have too much of a good thing! I think I am the one that made the "feast or famine" comment in one of your threads, Zach. Seems very apropos this year. At this point, I am actually hoping that I will be whining about the lack of rain later this year because that will mean that it has finally stopped raining here day after day after day after day.

I know what you mean about the moss, Dan. I have moss or algae or lichen or at least something green growing on the bark of my Catalpa tree (I didn't plant the darn thing but there it is right next to my house,) on the concrete between the flagstones on my patio, and even in an old dog run we have here. This sort of thing is very common back east where I grew up (in R.I., with an average annual rain fall of 41+ inches, and in Vermont, with an average annual rainfall of 33+ inches,) but I have lived in this house for over 20 years and this is the first time I have seen this sort of thing here. Getting our "semi-arid" climate back again is sounding quite appealing right now.

Last I saw, the average annual rainfall in Colorado is about 15 inches; unless we go into "famine mode" pretty soon, I would say that we are certainly on our way to exceeding that this year!

Holly

We have lots of moss too. It seems to be about the only thing that is THRILLED about this weather, other than my wife who has spent the past 6 years trying to convince me that we ought to move to the Pacific Northwest.

You know, to be honest, I can handle the rain every evening. That's very typical spring/early summer storms here, so I am used to it, even though I much despise the hail that too often accompanies it. The morning and afternoon are hot and sunny, which is what seems to trigger the evening thunderstorms that give a good splash and then roll out almost as soon as they came, and we get blue skies and sun for the rest of the day. It's when we go all day or more without seeing sunlight that I start to go bonkers.