After the storm

The first thing we do is change all the clocks, the stove, microwave etc.

Then we walk over to watch the river flow.

Tree branches heavy with water and beans or

fruit break of and many trees completely fall

over.

Large fissures appear in the earth.

Cactus have their second bloom of the season.

And the Colorado River toads come out of

their mud borrow eager to mate We hear a cacophony of croaking all night till early morning. And see toad scat on the morning walk.

photo by neighbor Nikki