We've had some rain finally, but not enough to stick around in the soil long. The fires were a real problem last month, and they will be again if we don't get more rain pretty soon.

We saw a nice snowfall in this yard back when we had a bid on the house but hadn't gotten it yet. We weren't comfortable stopping over and playing in the snow that wasn't ours, though the house wasn't empty and the neighbors (we now know) wouldn't have minded. Haven't had a decent snow since.

SRS