late October, no surprise

 It's time for the Pacific to discard its name and start flinging moisture at us. The NWS is in full agreement, looking at the upcoming seven days. This includes two dry days!

The map also looks nice for the Sierra Nevada, which is entering another moisture-unfavorable La Nina season; a good early start would be most helpful. Can't say it does much for the lower Colorado basin.

Our little patch of new grass is sprouting decently, but it's a good thing the mix is for shade and sun; the low sun angle is only catching a small bit of the area, and only in the mornings. A decent outflow channel has developed near our steps leading into the area, so I had better add an improved drainage option before the first inch or two of this pattern finds us - otherwise a decent amount of that grass will be growing at the lowest part of our property, where only the frogs will see it!

Update - well, the dry days have passed and a few new wet ones have entered the end of the period in their place. Big numbers abound.