Unsettled Weather

If you paid attention to the five-day forecasts for the Pines, you probably wouldn't have stuck around for this:

But unsettled weather defies predictability and offers its own rewards.

Butterflies fed between the storms.

So did we.

Rain refreshed the mid-summer flora.

Including our unfailingly exuberant hibiscus!

Occasional downpours washed the plastic people clean.  They mostly reside in the Grove.

Traffic through the Enchanted Forest slowed to a trickle.

A young buck boldly expressed his curiosity.

Bouts of bright sunlight bathed new construction in the Pines and the Grove, 

 

It cast strong shadows, too

. . . and illuminated ordinary items.