singing frogs...

...this is not a common sound we hear in our area of the desert southwest, but during the heavy monsoons we get a nice chorus of desert frog song... The last two nights have been amazingly LOUD with the sounds of nature. It has been a really lovely gift.

We have had rain almost every day for over a week now... Even on the days when it didn't rain a lot it's rained some. The land has gobbled up every drop of that moisture... Each day in the morning the ground is almost dry from the rain the day before and very nearly each afternoon we get another heavy wetting that soaks us to a standing water level... only to repeat the the gobbling efforts. What a pleasure that has been. This has been the best monsoon that we have had in many years. I just keep repeating in my prayers over and over how grateful we are.

And then the last two nights have been the added bonus of desert frogs singing us to sleep... lying asleep in the ground for months and months they share their song with the world only when the rains come.... How wondrous our Father in Heaven is in his creations...