July 25, 2015
Monsoon season is here and the hills and valleys around us are turning a glorious green. The season began with a bang, quite literally, when lightning struck one of the electric poles on our property, and fried the transformer for our water system. Only a few hours after the electric company fixed this problem, a furious storm knocked out power to a larger local area. Due to the extreme conditions, it was 10:30 the next morning before power was restored everywhere. God bless the electric company repair crews! They work long hours this time of...