DOWNPOURS + BUTTERFLY BUSHES

I have been watching the weather like it's a bad reality TV show. I have it set on my Iphone for updates every hour, it gives me a sense of control to know what to expect. Today the little cartoon next to the weather reading was of a partially cloudy sky, I scrolled through the 24 hours and not a cartoon rain cloud in sight. I thought I was getting better at predicting a storm, the sky darkens, gray clouds roll in and voila the sky opens up and it rains. Today it was blue skies, fluffy white clouds and birds chirping away happily.  So how did it get from that to the scene above?  Beats the heck out of me.  This was taken from my front door, the white fog looking stuff is the sheer volume of downpour and the velocity in which it is smacking the asphalt. Are you serious?  I've been in the eye of a hurricane before and it didn't rain like this. No one mentioned this crazy weather prior to us moving here, not that I mind it (for now), but I do like to be a little more prepared. The upside of all this rain is that I don't have to water my garden. Speaking of garden I am the proud new owner of a butterfly bush. It's amazing, it smells like lilac and truly does attract butterflies (and bee's, oh and moths too), but let's concentrate on the butterflies. It's been blooming like mad and the butterflies think it's manna from heaven. I never saw these on the West Coast so maybe it's just an East coast bloom? If you have room in your garden and love butterflies you need to run out and get one of these, it won't disappoint, pinky promise.